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Entry no.
1971-0014

COSMOS 369

COSMOS 369 (NORAD 4573) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 January 1971, after 3 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
4573
International designator
1970-081A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
8 Oct 1970Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Jan 1971UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 months106 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
70.9°N to 70.9°SFinal inclination 70.9°
Mass
200 kg
Operator
PVO
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
DS-P1
Programme
DS-P1-Yu A

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 70.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 70.9°N and 70.9°S.

Life in orbit

3 months

COSMOS 369’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 22 Jan 1971

1 entry
1971-0015OPS 7776 DEB

From the same launch

1970-081
1970-0263SL-7 R/B
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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