CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1972-0188
COSMOS 491 DEB
COSMOS 491 DEB (NORAD 6046) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 June 1972.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
6046
International designator
1972-038D
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
25 May 1972Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Jun 1972UTC calendar day
Time since launch
15 days15 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.9°N to 64.9°SFinal inclination 64.9°
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 64.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.9°N and 64.9°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 9 Jun 1972
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1972-038
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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