CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1968-0124
COSMOS 217
COSMOS 217 (NORAD 3216) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 April 1968, after 2 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
3216
International designator
1968-036A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
24 Apr 1968Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Apr 1968UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 days2 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Mass
1,400 kg
Operator
PKO
Built by
TSKBM / KB-1
Bus
IS
Programme
IS 5V91
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
2 daysAlso ended on 26 Apr 1968
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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