CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1973-0122
COSMOS 555 DEB
COSMOS 555 DEB (NORAD 6444) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 May 1973.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
6444
International designator
1973-024C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
25 Apr 1973Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
6 May 1973UTC calendar day
Time since launch
11 days11 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 allowedExact 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
From the same launch
1973-024
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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