CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1972-0090
COSMOS 374 DEB *
COSMOS 374 DEB * (NORAD 5138) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 March 1972.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
5138
International designator
1970-089AY
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
23 Oct 1970Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Mar 1972UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 year, 5 months518 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.0°N to 62.0°SFinal inclination 62.0°
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 62.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.0°N and 62.0°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 374 DEB *’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 24 Mar 1972
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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