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Entry no.
1970-0006

COSMOS 308

COSMOS 308 (NORAD 4219) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 January 1970, after 2 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
4219
International designator
1969-096A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
4 Nov 1969Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Jan 1970UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 months61 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
71.0°N to 71.0°SFinal inclination 71.0°
Mass
200 kg
Operator
Southern SDB / PVO
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
DS-P1
Programme
DS-P1-I L

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact 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 months

COSMOS 308’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

From the same launch

1969-096
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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