CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1973-0515
COSMOS 601 DEB
COSMOS 601 DEB (NORAD 6881) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 December 1973.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
6881
International designator
1973-075D
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
16 Oct 1973Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Dec 1973UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 month49 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.7°N to 81.7°SFinal inclination 81.7°
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 81.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.7°N and 81.7°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 4 Dec 1973
7 entriesFrom the same launch
1973-075
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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