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Entry no.
1972-0289

COSMOS 487

COSMOS 487 (NORAD 6006) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 September 1972, after 5 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
6006
International designator
1972-033A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
21 Apr 1972Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Sep 1972UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 months156 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
70.9°N to 70.9°SFinal inclination 70.9°
Mass
200 kg
Operator
PVO
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
DS-P1
Programme
DS-P1-Yu A

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 70.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 70.9°N and 70.9°S.

Life in orbit

5 months

COSMOS 487’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 24 Sep 1972

2 entries
1972-0290COSMOS 5181972-0291SL-4 R/B

From the same launch

1972-033
1972-0208SL-7 R/B
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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