CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1970-0107
COSMOS 268
COSMOS 268 (NORAD 3773) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 May 1970, after 1 year, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
3773
International designator
1969-020A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
5 Mar 1969Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
9 May 1970UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 2 months430 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, 2 monthsCOSMOS 268’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 9 May 1970
1 entryFrom the same launch
1969-020
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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