CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1968-0096
COSMOS 209 DEB (PELPS)
COSMOS 209 DEB (PELPS) (NORAD 3162) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 April 1968.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
3162
International designator
1968-023C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
22 Mar 1968Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Apr 1968UTC calendar day
Time since launch
19 days19 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.1°N to 65.1°SFinal inclination 65.1°
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 65.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.1°N and 65.1°S.
Life in orbit
Came down with COSMOS 209 DEB (PELPS)
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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