CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1971-0298
COSMOS 456 DEB
COSMOS 456 DEB (NORAD 5640) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 December 1971.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
5640
International designator
1971-098F
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
19 Nov 1971Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Dec 1971UTC calendar day
Time since launch
17 days17 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
72.9°N to 72.9°SFinal inclination 72.9°
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 72.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 72.9°N and 72.9°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 6 Dec 1971
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1971-098
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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