CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1972-0279
COSMOS 501 DEB
COSMOS 501 DEB (NORAD 6103) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 September 1972.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
6103
International designator
1972-054C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
12 Jul 1972Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Sep 1972UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 month55 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
48.2°N to 48.2°SFinal inclination 48.2°
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 48.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 48.2°N and 48.2°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 501 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1972-054
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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