CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1968-0270
COSMOS 230
COSMOS 230 (NORAD 3308) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 November 1968, after 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
3308
International designator
1968-056A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
5 Jul 1968Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Nov 1968UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 months120 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
48.4°N to 48.4°SFinal inclination 48.4°
Mass
285 kg
Operator
Southern SDB
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
DS-U3
Programme
DS-U3-S
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 48.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 48.4°N and 48.4°S.
Life in orbit
3 monthsCOSMOS 230’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 2 Nov 1968
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1968-056
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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