CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1968-0297
COSMOS 248 DEB
COSMOS 248 DEB (NORAD 3580) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 December 1968.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
3580
International designator
1968-090E
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
19 Oct 1968Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Dec 1968UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 month55 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
63.3°N to 63.3°SFinal inclination 63.3°
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 63.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 63.3°N and 63.3°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 13 Dec 1968
1 entryFrom the same launch
1968-090
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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