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Entry no.
1971-0245

COSMOS 442

COSMOS 442 (NORAD 5493) landed on 12 October 1971, after 13 days in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
5493
International designator
1971-084A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
29 Sep 1971Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
12 Oct 1971UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
13 days13 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
72.8°N to 72.8°SFinal inclination 72.8°
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 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

13 days

Also ended on 12 Oct 1971

1 entry
1971-0246COSMOS 441 DEB

From the same launch

1971-084
1971-0236SL-4 R/B
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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