CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1976-0643
COSMOS 252 DEB *
COSMOS 252 DEB * (NORAD 3715) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 December 1976.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
3715
International designator
1968-097AS
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
1 Nov 1968Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Dec 1976UTC calendar day
Time since launch
8 years, 1 month2,965 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
61.9°N to 61.9°SFinal inclination 61.9°
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 61.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 61.9°N and 61.9°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 252 DEB *’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 14 Dec 1976
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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