CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1968-0063
COSMOS 145
COSMOS 145 (NORAD 2697) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 March 1968, after 1 year in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
2697
International designator
1967-019A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
3 Mar 1967Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Mar 1968UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year371 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
48.3°N to 48.3°SFinal inclination 48.3°
Mass
280 kg
Operator
Southern SDB
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
DS-U2
Programme
DS-U2-M
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 48.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 48.3°N and 48.3°S.
Life in orbit
1 yearCOSMOS 145’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1967-019
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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