CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2004-0088
COSMOS 41
COSMOS 41 (NORAD 898) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 May 2004, after 39 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
898
International designator
1964-049E
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
22 Aug 1964Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
7 May 2004UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
39 years, 8 months14,503 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.0°N to 64.0°SFinal inclination 64.0°
Mass
5,000 kg
Operator
RVSN
Built by
OKB-1
Bus
Blok-L
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 64.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.0°N and 64.0°S.
Life in orbit
39 years, 8 monthsCOSMOS 41’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 7 May 2004
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1964-049
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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