CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1980-0311
COSMOS 374 DEB
COSMOS 374 DEB (NORAD 4669) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 August 1980.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
4669
International designator
1970-089M
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
23 Oct 1970Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Aug 1980UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 8 Aug 1980
Time since launch
9 years, 9 months3,575 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.6°N to 62.6°SFinal inclination 62.6°
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 62.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.6°N and 62.6°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 374 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 6 Aug 1980
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