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Entry no.
1972-0007

COSMOS 470 DEB

COSMOS 470 DEB (NORAD 5740) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 January 1972.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
5740
International designator
1971-118C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
27 Dec 1971Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Jan 1972UTC calendar day
Time since launch
10 days10 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.6°N to 65.6°SFinal inclination 65.6°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 65.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.6°N and 65.6°S.

Life in orbit

Also ended on 6 Jan 1972

4 entries
1972-0006COSMOS 4701972-0004DELTA 1 DEB1972-0005SL-3 DEB1972-0008COSMOS 470 DEB

From the same launch

1971-118
1971-0330SL-4 R/B1972-0006COSMOS 470
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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