CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1972-0042
COSMOS 374 DEB *
COSMOS 374 DEB * (NORAD 5294) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 February 1972.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
5294
International designator
1970-089BM
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
23 Oct 1970Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Feb 1972UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 year, 3 months481 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
63.8°N to 63.8°SFinal inclination 63.8°
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 63.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 63.8°N and 63.8°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 374 DEB *’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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