CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1970-0247
COSMOS 359
COSMOS 359 (NORAD 4501) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 November 1970, after 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
4501
International designator
1970-065A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
22 Aug 1970Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Nov 1970UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 months76 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.1°N to 51.1°SFinal inclination 51.1°
Mass
680 kg
Operator
IKI / Babakin
Built by
Lavochkin
Bus
MV
Programme
4V-1A
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 51.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.1°N and 51.1°S.
Life in orbit
2 monthsCOSMOS 359’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1970-065
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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