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Entry no.
1968-0281

COSMOS 251 DEB

COSMOS 251 DEB (NORAD 3541) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 November 1968.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
3541
International designator
1968-096D
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
31 Oct 1968Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Nov 1968UTC calendar day
Time since launch
13 days13 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—

Where it came down

Not on record

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.

Life in orbit

Also ended on 13 Nov 1968

4 entries
1968-0277COSMOS 2421968-0278SL-12 R/B1968-0279SL-12 DEB1968-0280SL-12 DEB

From the same launch

1968-096
1968-0271SL-4 R/B1968-0285COSMOS 251
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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