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Entry no.
1974-0005

COSMOS 609 DEB

COSMOS 609 DEB (NORAD 6964) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 January 1974.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
6964
International designator
1973-092D
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
21 Nov 1973Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Jan 1974UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 5 Dec 1973
Time since launch
1 month42 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
69.8°N to 69.8°SFinal inclination 69.8°

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 69.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 69.8°N and 69.8°S.

Life in orbit

Also ended on 2 Jan 1974

6 entries
1974-0004SL-6 R/B(1)1974-0002COSMOS 554 DEB1974-0003EXPLORER 23 DEB1974-0006COSMOS 616 DEB1974-0007COSMOS 616 DEB1974-0008COSMOS 625 DEB

From the same launch

1973-092
1973-0520COSMOS 6091973-0521SL-4 R/B
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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