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Entry no.
1973-0128

COSMOS 554 DEB

COSMOS 554 DEB (NORAD 6542) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 May 1973.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
6542
International designator
1973-021DB
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
19 Apr 1973Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
7 May 1973UTC calendar day
Time since launch
18 days18 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—

Where it came down

Not on record

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.

Life in orbit

Also ended on 7 May 1973

92 entries
1973-0127COSMOS 5551973-0126DELTA 1 R/B(1)1973-0123THORAD AGENA D DEB1973-0124THORAD AGENA D DEB1973-0125THORAD AGENA D DEB1973-0129COSMOS 554 DEB1973-0130COSMOS 554 DEB1973-0131COSMOS 554 DEB1973-0132COSMOS 554 DEB1973-0133COSMOS 554 DEB1973-0134COSMOS 554 DEB1973-0135COSMOS 554 DEB+80 more

From the same launch

1973-021
1973-0115SL-4 R/B1973-0278COSMOS 554

Part of a fragment group

194 on record
194One of 194 fragments of Cosmos 554 on record →
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