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Entry no.
1973-0014

COSMOS 541 DEB

COSMOS 541 DEB (NORAD 6338) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 January 1973.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
6338
International designator
1972-105E
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
27 Dec 1972Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Jan 1973UTC calendar day
Time since launch
16 days16 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.3°N to 81.3°SFinal inclination 81.3°

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 81.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.3°N and 81.3°S.

Life in orbit

Also ended on 12 Jan 1973

3 entries
1973-0011SL-7 R/B1973-0012SL-4 R/B1973-0013SL-12 R/B

From the same launch

1972-105
1973-0007COSMOS 5411973-0012SL-4 R/B
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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