CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1971-0257
COSMOS 442 DEB
COSMOS 442 DEB (NORAD 5545) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 October 1971.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
5545
International designator
1971-084D
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
29 Sep 1971Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Oct 1971UTC calendar day
Time since launch
18 days18 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
72.8°N to 72.8°SFinal inclination 72.8°
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 72.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 72.8°N and 72.8°S.
Life in orbit
From the same launch
1971-084
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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