CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1972-0006
COSMOS 470
COSMOS 470 (NORAD 5727) landed on 6 January 1972, after 10 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
5727
International designator
1971-118A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
27 Dec 1971Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
6 Jan 1972UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
10 days10 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
65.4°N to 65.4°SFinal inclination 65.4°
Mass
2,200 kg
Operator
TsKBEM Fil. 3
Built by
TsKBEM Fil. 3
Bus
Zenit-4MT
Programme
Orion
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 65.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.4°N and 65.4°S.
Life in orbit
10 daysAlso ended on 6 Jan 1972
4 entriesFrom the same launch
1971-118
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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