CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1971-0306
COSMOS 462 DEB
COSMOS 462 DEB (NORAD 5665) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 December 1971.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
5665
International designator
1971-106N
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
3 Dec 1971Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Dec 1971UTC calendar day
Time since launch
8 days8 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.2°N to 62.2°SFinal inclination 62.2°
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 62.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.2°N and 62.2°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 11 Dec 1971
4 entriesFrom the same launch
1971-106
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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