CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1971-0140
COSMOS 424
COSMOS 424 (NORAD 5248) landed on 10 June 1971, after 13 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
5248
International designator
1971-048A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
28 May 1971Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
10 Jun 1971UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
13 days13 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
65.4°N to 65.4°SFinal inclination 65.4°
Mass
2,200 kg
Operator
GUKOS RVSN
Built by
TsKBEM Fil. 3
Bus
Zenit-4M
Programme
Zenit-4M
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 65.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.4°N and 65.4°S.
Life in orbit
13 daysAlso ended on 10 Jun 1971
1 entryFrom the same launch
1971-048
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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