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Entry no.
1973-0294

COSMOS 554 DEB

COSMOS 554 DEB (NORAD 6475) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 June 1973.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
6475
International designator
1973-021AJ
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
19 Apr 1973Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Jun 1973UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 month43 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
73.1°N to 73.1°SFinal inclination 73.1°

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 73.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 73.1°N and 73.1°S.

Life in orbit

Also ended on 1 Jun 1973

2 entries
1973-0295SL-4 R/B1973-0296SL-4 DEB

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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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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