CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1971-0259
COSMOS 443
COSMOS 443 (NORAD 5536) landed on 19 October 1971, after 12 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
5536
International designator
1971-085A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
7 Oct 1971Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
19 Oct 1971UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
12 days12 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
65.4°N to 65.4°SFinal inclination 65.4°
Mass
2,200 kg
Operator
GUKOS RVSN
Built by
TsKBEM Fil. 3
Bus
Zenit-2M
Programme
Zenit-2M
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
12 daysAlso ended on 19 Oct 1971
1 entryFrom the same launch
1971-085
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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