CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1971-0325
COSMOS 459
COSMOS 459 (NORAD 5625) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 December 1971, after 28 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
5625
International designator
1971-102A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
29 Nov 1971Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Dec 1971UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
28 days28 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.8°N to 65.8°SFinal inclination 65.8°
Mass
643 kg
Operator
PKO
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
DS-P1
Programme
DS-P1-M
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 65.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.8°N and 65.8°S.
Life in orbit
28 daysCOSMOS 459’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 27 Dec 1971
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1971-102
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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