CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1975-0089
COSMOS 462
COSMOS 462 (NORAD 5646) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 April 1975, after 3 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
5646
International designator
1971-106A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
3 Dec 1971Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Apr 1975UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 4 months1,218 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.7°N to 65.7°SFinal inclination 65.7°
Mass
1,400 kg
Operator
PKO
Built by
TSKBM / KB-1
Bus
IS
Programme
IS 5V91T
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 65.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.7°N and 65.7°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 4 monthsCOSMOS 462’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 4 Apr 1975
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1971-106
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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