CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1968-0027
COSMOS 197
COSMOS 197 (NORAD 3079) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 January 1968, after 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
3079
International designator
1967-126A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
26 Dec 1967Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Jan 1968UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month35 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
48.4°N to 48.4°SFinal inclination 48.4°
Mass
240 kg
Operator
Southern SDB
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
DS-U2
Programme
DS-U2-V
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 48.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 48.4°N and 48.4°S.
Life in orbit
1 monthCOSMOS 197’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 30 Jan 1968
1 entryFrom the same launch
1967-126
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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