CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1970-0181
COSMOS 316
COSMOS 316 (NORAD 4282) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 August 1970, after 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
4282
International designator
1969-108A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
23 Dec 1969Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Aug 1970UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 months248 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
49.4°N to 49.4°SFinal inclination 49.4°
Mass
3,600 kg
Operator
PKO
Built by
TSKBM / KB-1
Bus
IS
Programme
IS 5V91M
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 49.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 49.4°N and 49.4°S.
Life in orbit
8 monthsCOSMOS 316’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1969-108
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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