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Entry no.
1968-0089

COSMOS 176 DEB

COSMOS 176 DEB (NORAD 2957) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 April 1968.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
2957
International designator
1967-086E
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
12 Sep 1967Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Apr 1968UTC calendar day
Time since launch
6 months207 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.1°N to 82.1°SFinal inclination 82.1°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 82.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.1°N and 82.1°S.

Life in orbit

COSMOS 176 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 6 Apr 1968

4 entries
1968-0088LES 31968-0091Kapsula Kosmosa-2081968-0087SL-8 DEB1968-0090SL-8 DEB

From the same launch

1967-086
1967-0321SL-7 R/B1968-0056COSMOS 176
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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