CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1968-0305
COSMOS 174
COSMOS 174 (NORAD 2925) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 December 1968, after 1 year, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
2925
International designator
1967-082A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
31 Aug 1967Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Dec 1968UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 3 months487 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.3°N to 65.3°SFinal inclination 65.3°
Mass
1,650 kg
Operator
TsUKOS
Built by
OKB-10
Bus
Molniya-1
Programme
Molniya-1
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 65.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.3°N and 65.3°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 3 monthsCOSMOS 174’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1967-082
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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