CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1972-0163
COSMOS 488 DEB
COSMOS 488 DEB (NORAD 6023) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 May 1972.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
6023
International designator
1972-034D
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
5 May 1972Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
20 May 1972UTC calendar day
Time since launch
15 days15 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.5°N to 65.5°SFinal inclination 65.5°
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 65.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.5°N and 65.5°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 20 May 1972
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1972-034
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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