CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2003-0091
COSMOS 41 DEB
COSMOS 41 DEB (NORAD 26961) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 May 2003.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
26961
International designator
1964-049Q
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
22 Aug 1964Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
21 May 2003UTC calendar day
Time since launch
38 years, 8 months14,151 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.3°N to 64.3°SFinal inclination 64.3°
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 64.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.3°N and 64.3°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 41 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 21 May 2003
1 entryFrom the same launch
1964-049
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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