CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1969-0223
COSMOS 221
COSMOS 221 (NORAD 3269) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 August 1969, after 1 year, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
3269
International designator
1968-043A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
24 May 1968Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Aug 1969UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 3 months464 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
48.3°N to 48.3°SFinal inclination 48.3°
Mass
200 kg
Operator
PVO
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
DS-P1
Programme
DS-P1-Yu C
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 48.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 48.3°N and 48.3°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 3 monthsCOSMOS 221’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 31 Aug 1969
1 entryFrom the same launch
1968-043
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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