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Entry no.
1968-0269

COSMOS 225

COSMOS 225 (NORAD 3279) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 November 1968, after 4 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
3279
International designator
1968-048A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
11 Jun 1968Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Nov 1968UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 months144 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
48.4°N to 48.4°SFinal inclination 48.4°
Mass
316 kg
Operator
Southern SDB
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
DS-U1
Programme
DS-U1-Ya

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 48.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 48.4°N and 48.4°S.

Life in orbit

4 months

COSMOS 225’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 2 Nov 1968

2 entries
1968-0270COSMOS 2301968-0271SL-4 R/B

From the same launch

1968-048
1968-0203SL-7 R/B
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