CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1969-0323
COSMOS 283
COSMOS 283 (NORAD 3957) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 December 1969, after 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
3957
International designator
1969-047A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
27 May 1969Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Dec 1969UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 months197 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.9°N to 81.9°SFinal inclination 81.9°
Mass
200 kg
Operator
PVO
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
DS-P1
Programme
DS-P1-Yu B
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 81.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.9°N and 81.9°S.
Life in orbit
6 monthsCOSMOS 283’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1969-047
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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