CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2002-0292
COSMOS 539 DEB
COSMOS 539 DEB (NORAD 27423) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 June 2002.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
27423
International designator
1972-102C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
21 Dec 1972Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Jun 2002UTC calendar day
Time since launch
29 years, 5 months10,756 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
74.3°N to 74.3°SFinal inclination 74.3°
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 74.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 74.3°N and 74.3°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 539 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 3 Jun 2002
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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