CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1972-0051
COSMOS 252 DEB *
COSMOS 252 DEB * (NORAD 5334) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 February 1972.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
5334
International designator
1968-097CK
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
1 Nov 1968Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Feb 1972UTC calendar day
Time since launch
3 years, 3 months1,209 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
63.2°N to 63.2°SFinal inclination 63.2°
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 63.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 63.2°N and 63.2°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 252 DEB *’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 23 Feb 1972
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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