CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1972-0319
COSMOS 523 DEB
COSMOS 523 DEB (NORAD 6242) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 October 1972.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
6242
International designator
1972-078H
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
5 Oct 1972Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Oct 1972UTC calendar day
Time since launch
20 days20 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
71.3°N to 71.3°SFinal inclination 71.3°
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 71.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 71.3°N and 71.3°S.
Life in orbit
From the same launch
1972-078
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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