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Entry no.
1977-0074

COSMOS 249 DEB *

COSMOS 249 DEB * (NORAD 3796) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 January 1977.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
3796
International designator
1968-091BD
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
20 Oct 1968Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Jan 1977UTC calendar day
Time since launch
8 years, 3 months3,017 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

Also ended on 23 Jan 1977

4 entries
1977-0077SL-6 R/B1977-0075WESTFORD NEEDLES1977-0076THORAD AGENA D DEB1977-0078COSMOS 888 DEB

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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