CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1971-0248
COSMOS 362
COSMOS 362 (NORAD 4536) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 October 1971, after 1 year in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
4536
International designator
1970-073A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
16 Sep 1970Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Oct 1971UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year392 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
70.9°N to 70.9°SFinal inclination 70.9°
Mass
200 kg
Operator
PVO
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
DS-P1
Programme
DS-P1-I
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 70.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 70.9°N and 70.9°S.
Life in orbit
1 yearCOSMOS 362’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 13 Oct 1971
4 entriesFrom the same launch
1970-073
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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