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Entry no.
1970-0214

COSMOS 356

COSMOS 356 (NORAD 4487) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 October 1970, after 1 month in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
4487
International designator
1970-059A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
10 Aug 1970Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Oct 1970UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month53 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.9°N to 81.9°SFinal inclination 81.9°
Mass
265 kg
Operator
Southern SDB
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
DS-U2
Programme
DS-U2-MG

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 81.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.9°N and 81.9°S.

Life in orbit

1 month

COSMOS 356’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 2 Oct 1970

1 entry
1970-0215COSMOS 364

From the same launch

1970-059
1970-0213SL-7 R/B
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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