CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1972-0175
COSMOS 490 DEB
COSMOS 490 DEB (NORAD 6039) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 May 1972.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
6039
International designator
1972-036C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
17 May 1972Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
30 May 1972UTC calendar day
Time since launch
13 days13 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.4°N to 65.4°SFinal inclination 65.4°
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 65.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.4°N and 65.4°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 30 May 1972
1 entryFrom the same launch
1972-036
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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