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Entry no.
1974-0088

COSMOS 580

COSMOS 580 (NORAD 6793) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 April 1974, after 7 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
6793
International designator
1973-057A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
22 Aug 1973Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Apr 1974UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 months222 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
71.0°N to 71.0°SFinal inclination 71.0°
Mass
200 kg
Operator
PVO
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
DS-P1
Programme
DS-P1-Yu A

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 71.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 71.0°N and 71.0°S.

Life in orbit

7 months

COSMOS 580’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

From the same launch

1973-057
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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