CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1970-0042
COSMOS 320
COSMOS 320 (NORAD 4301) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 February 1970, after 25 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
4301
International designator
1970-005A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
16 Jan 1970Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Feb 1970UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
25 days25 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
48.4°N to 48.4°SFinal inclination 48.4°
Mass
321 kg
Operator
Southern SDB
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
DS
Programme
DS-MO
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 48.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 48.4°N and 48.4°S.
Life in orbit
25 daysCOSMOS 320’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1970-005
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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