CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1973-0264
COSMOS 556 DEB
COSMOS 556 DEB (NORAD 6630) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 May 1973.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
6630
International designator
1973-025C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
5 May 1973Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
24 May 1973UTC calendar day
Time since launch
19 days19 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
Also ended on 24 May 1973
1 entryFrom the same launch
1973-025
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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