CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1972-0127
Kapsula Kosmosa-484
Nauka 5KS No. 3L
Kapsula Kosmosa-484 (NORAD 6002) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 April 1972, after 12 days in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
6002
International designator
1972-026C
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
COSMOS 484 DEBListed as a fragment
Country
USSR
Launched
6 Apr 1972Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Apr 1972UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
12 days12 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.3°N to 81.3°SFinal inclination 81.3°
Mass
630 kg
Operator
TsKBEM Fil. 3
Built by
TsKBEM Fil. 3
Bus
Nauka
Programme
Nauka 5KS
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 81.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.3°N and 81.3°S.
Life in orbit
12 daysAlso ended on 18 Apr 1972
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1972-026
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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