CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1968-0073
COSMOS 202
COSMOS 202 (NORAD 3128) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 March 1968, after 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
3128
International designator
1968-010A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
20 Feb 1968Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Mar 1968UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month33 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 202’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Came down with COSMOS 202
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1968-010
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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