CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1968-0183
COSMOS 196
COSMOS 196 (NORAD 3074) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 July 1968, after 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
3074
International designator
1967-125A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
19 Dec 1967Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Jul 1968UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 months201 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
48.8°N to 48.8°SFinal inclination 48.8°
Mass
291 kg
Operator
Southern SDB
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
DS-U1
Programme
DS-U1-G
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 48.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 48.8°N and 48.8°S.
Life in orbit
6 monthsCOSMOS 196’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 7 Jul 1968
1 entryFrom the same launch
1967-125
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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