CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1972-0248
COSMOS 501 DEB
COSMOS 501 DEB (NORAD 6104) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 August 1972.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
6104
International designator
1972-054D
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
12 Jul 1972Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Aug 1972UTC calendar day
Time since launch
22 days22 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
48.4°N to 48.4°SFinal inclination 48.4°
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 48.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 48.4°N and 48.4°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 3 Aug 1972
1 entryFrom the same launch
1972-054
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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