CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1968-0135
COSMOS 209 DEB
COSMOS 209 DEB (NORAD 3165) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 May 1968.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
3165
International designator
1968-023E
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
22 Mar 1968Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
4 May 1968UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 month43 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.9°N to 64.9°SFinal inclination 64.9°
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 64.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.9°N and 64.9°S.
Life in orbit
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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