CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1969-0122
COSMOS 265
COSMOS 265 (NORAD 3675) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 May 1969, after 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
3675
International designator
1969-012A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
7 Feb 1969Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
1 May 1969UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 months83 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
71.0°N to 71.0°SFinal inclination 71.0°
Mass
200 kg
Operator
PVO
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
DS-P1
Programme
DS-P1-Yu A
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 71.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 71.0°N and 71.0°S.
Life in orbit
2 monthsCOSMOS 265’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 1 May 1969
1 entryFrom the same launch
1969-012
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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