CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1973-0542
COSMOS 616 DEB
COSMOS 616 DEB (NORAD 6994) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 December 1973.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
6994
International designator
1973-102D
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
17 Dec 1973Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Dec 1973UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 2 Jan 1974
Time since launch
13 days13 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
72.8°N to 72.8°SFinal inclination 72.8°
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 72.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 72.8°N and 72.8°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 30 Dec 1973
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1973-102
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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