CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1974-0281
COSMOS 688 DEB
COSMOS 688 DEB (NORAD 7496) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 October 1974.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
7496
International designator
1974-078D
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
18 Oct 1974Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Oct 1974UTC calendar day
Time since launch
13 days13 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.8°N to 62.8°SFinal inclination 62.8°
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 62.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.8°N and 62.8°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 31 Oct 1974
1 entryFrom the same launch
1974-078
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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