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Entry no.
1978-0017

COSMOS 631 DEB *

COSMOS 631 DEB * (NORAD 7257) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 January 1978.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
7257
International designator
1974-005E
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
6 Feb 1974Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Jan 1978UTC calendar day
Time since launch
3 years, 11 months1,435 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
74.1°N to 74.1°SFinal inclination 74.1°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 74.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 74.1°N and 74.1°S.

Life in orbit

COSMOS 631 DEB *’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 11 Jan 1978

4 entries
1978-0019Kosmos-885 SS 161978-0020SL-4 R/B1978-0018SL-8 DEB *1978-0021COSMOS 973 DEB

From the same launch

1974-005
1980-0394COSMOS 6311980-0533SL-8 R/B
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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