CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Orbital Register seal
Entry no.
1972-0209

COSMOS 493

COSMOS 493 (NORAD 6053) landed on 3 July 1972, after 12 days in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
6053
International designator
1972-042A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
21 Jun 1972Baikonur Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
3 Jul 1972UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
12 days12 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
65.0°N to 65.0°SFinal inclination 65.0°
Mass
2,200 kg
Operator
GUKOS RVSN
Built by
TsKBEM Fil. 3
Bus
Zenit-2M
Programme
Zenit-2M

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 65.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.0°N and 65.0°S.

Life in orbit

12 days

Also ended on 3 Jul 1972

1 entry
1972-0208SL-7 R/B

From the same launch

1972-042
1972-0201SL-4 R/B
Orbital Register seal
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/1972-0209
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.