CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1968-0080
COSMOS 209 DEB
COSMOS 209 DEB (NORAD 3160) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 March 1968.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
3160
International designator
1968-023D
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
22 Mar 1968Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Mar 1968UTC calendar day
Time since launch
7 days7 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.0°N to 65.0°SFinal inclination 65.0°
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 65.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.0°N and 65.0°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 29 Mar 1968
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