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Entry no.
2025-0995

COSMOS 482 DESCENT CRAFT

COSMOS 482 DESCENT CRAFT (NORAD 6073) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 May 2025, after 53 years, 1 month in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
6073
International designator
1972-023E
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
31 Mar 1972Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
10 May 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
53 years, 1 month19,398 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.9°N to 51.9°SFinal inclination 51.9°
Mass
475 kg
Operator
IKI / Babakin
Built by
Lavochkin
Bus
MV SA
Programme
4V-1A SA

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 51.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.9°N and 51.9°S.

Life in orbit

53 years, 1 month

COSMOS 482 DESCENT CRAFT’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 10 May 2025

2 entries
2025-0996STARLINK-16162025-0997STARLINK-2323

From the same launch

1972-023
1972-0099SL-6 R/B(1)1981-0225COSMOS 4821983-0037SL-6 R/B(2)
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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