CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1971-0264
COSMOS 434 DEB
COSMOS 434 DEB (NORAD 5428) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 October 1971.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
5428
International designator
1971-069E
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
12 Aug 1971Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Oct 1971UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 months77 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.5°N to 51.5°SFinal inclination 51.5°
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 51.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.5°N and 51.5°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 434 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 28 Oct 1971
1 entryFrom the same launch
1971-069
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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