CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1975-0043
COSMOS 668
COSMOS 668 (NORAD 7385) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 February 1975, after 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
7385
International designator
1974-058A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
25 Jul 1974Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Feb 1975UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 months211 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
70.9°N to 70.9°SFinal inclination 70.9°
Mass
200 kg
Operator
PVO
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
DS-P1
Programme
DS-P1-Yu A
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 70.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 70.9°N and 70.9°S.
Life in orbit
6 monthsCOSMOS 668’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 21 Feb 1975
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1974-058
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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