CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1978-0278
COSMOS 699 DEB
COSMOS 699 DEB (NORAD 8118) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 June 1978.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
8118
International designator
1974-103AY
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
24 Dec 1974Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Jun 1978UTC calendar day
Time since launch
3 years, 5 months1,273 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.0°N to 65.0°SFinal inclination 65.0°
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 65.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.0°N and 65.0°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 699 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 19 Jun 1978
1 entryFrom the same launch
1974-103
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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