CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1990-0034
COSMOS 476 DEB *
COSMOS 476 DEB * (NORAD 20128) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 January 1990.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
20128
International designator
1972-011C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
1 Mar 1972Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Jan 1990UTC calendar day
Time since launch
17 years, 10 months6,527 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.2°N to 81.2°SFinal inclination 81.2°
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 81.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.2°N and 81.2°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 476 DEB *’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 13 Jan 1990
4 entriesFrom the same launch
1972-011Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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