Launch · COSPAR 1971-077 · 14 Sept 1971

COSMOS 438

Name: Launch 1971-077 — COSMOS 438
Start: 1971-09-14
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome

Payloads

Catalogued objects

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

Decayed

100% of objects

Owners (SATCAT owner codes)

Catalogue

Objects from this launch · 6

Payload Payload · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
COSMOS 438 Kosmos (Russian military / government)	5475	1971-077A	Decayed	LEO	171 / 310 km	65.41°	27 Sept 1971	Russian Ministry of Defence

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-4 R/B	5476	1971-077B	Decayed	LEO	149 / 162 km	65.38°	22 Sept 1971	—

Debris Debris · 4

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-4 DEB	5477	1971-077C	Decayed	LEO	159 / 240 km	65.39°	16 Sept 1971	—
COSMOS 438 DEB	5482	1971-077D	Decayed	LEO	92 / 270 km	65.39°	28 Sept 1971	—
COSMOS 438 DEB	5483	1971-077E	Decayed	LEO	164 / 252 km	65.39°	27 Sept 1971	—
COSMOS 438 DEB	5484	1971-077F	Decayed	LEO	169 / 244 km	65.41°	30 Sept 1971	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1971-077; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.