CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1971-0238
Kosmos-359 SA
SA 4V-1
Kosmos-359 SA (NORAD 4505) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 October 1971, after 1 year, 1 month in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
4505
International designator
1970-065D
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
SL-6 DEBListed as a fragment
Country
USSR
Launched
22 Aug 1970Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Oct 1971UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 1 month410 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.1°N to 51.1°SFinal inclination 51.1°
Mass
480 kg
Operator
MOM
Built by
Lavochkin
Bus
MV SA
Programme
4V-1A SA
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
1 year, 1 monthKosmos-359 SA’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 6 Oct 1971
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1970-065
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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