CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1974-0272
COSMOS 686 DEB
COSMOS 686 DEB (NORAD 7460) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 October 1974.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
7460
International designator
1974-074P
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
26 Sep 1974Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Oct 1974UTC calendar day
Time since launch
24 days24 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
71.4°N to 71.4°SFinal inclination 71.4°
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 71.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 71.4°N and 71.4°S.
Life in orbit
From the same launch
1974-074
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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