CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1971-0226
COSMOS 438 DEB
COSMOS 438 DEB (NORAD 5482) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 September 1971.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
5482
International designator
1971-077D
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
14 Sep 1971Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Sep 1971UTC calendar day
Time since launch
14 days14 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.4°N to 65.4°SFinal inclination 65.4°
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
Also ended on 28 Sep 1971
1 entryFrom the same launch
1971-077
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/1971-0226
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/1971-0226
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.