CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1968-0180
COSMOS 229
COSMOS 229 (NORAD 3304) landed on 4 July 1968, after 8 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
3304
International designator
1968-054A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
26 Jun 1968Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
4 Jul 1968UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 days8 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
72.8°N to 72.8°SFinal inclination 72.8°
Mass
2,200 kg
Operator
TsUKOS
Built by
TsKBEM Fil. 3
Bus
Zenit-4
Programme
Zenit-4
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 72.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 72.8°N and 72.8°S.
Life in orbit
8 daysAlso ended on 4 Jul 1968
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1968-054
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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