CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1972-0344
COSMOS 523 DEB
COSMOS 523 DEB (NORAD 6240) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 November 1972.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
6240
International designator
1972-078F
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
5 Oct 1972Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Nov 1972UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 month48 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
70.8°N to 70.8°SFinal inclination 70.8°
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 70.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 70.8°N and 70.8°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 523 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1972-078
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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