CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1971-0270
COSMOS 347
COSMOS 347 (NORAD 4411) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 November 1971, after 1 year, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
4411
International designator
1970-043A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
12 Jun 1970Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Nov 1971UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 4 months513 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
48.3°N to 48.3°SFinal inclination 48.3°
Mass
200 kg
Operator
PVO
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
DS-P1
Programme
DS-P1-Yu C
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 48.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 48.3°N and 48.3°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 4 monthsCOSMOS 347’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1970-043
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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