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Entry no.
1971-0083

COSMOS 401 DEB

COSMOS 401 DEB (NORAD 5121) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 April 1971.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
5121
International designator
1971-023E
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
27 Mar 1971Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Apr 1971UTC calendar day
Time since launch
16 days16 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
72.8°N to 72.8°SFinal inclination 72.8°

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 72.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 72.8°N and 72.8°S.

Life in orbit

Came down with COSMOS 401 DEB

4 entries
1971-0080OPS 53001971-0079DASH 21971-0081SL-11 R/B1971-0082COSMOS 401 DEB

From the same launch

1971-023
1971-0067SL-4 R/B1971-0078COSMOS 401
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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