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Entry no.
1976-0619

COSMOS 249 DEB

COSMOS 249 DEB (NORAD 3702) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 December 1976.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
3702
International designator
1968-091AP
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
20 Oct 1968Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Dec 1976UTC calendar day
Time since launch
8 years, 1 month2,968 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—

Where it came down

Not on record

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.

Life in orbit

COSMOS 249 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 5 Dec 1976

5 entries
1976-0620COSMOS 374 DEB *1976-0621COSMOS 375 DEB1976-0622COSMOS 374 DEB *1976-0623COSMOS 374 DEB1976-0624WESTFORD NEEDLES

From the same launch

1968-091
1968-0259SL-11 R/B
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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