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Entry no.
1978-0426

COSMOS 269

COSMOS 269 (NORAD 3775) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 October 1978, after 9 years, 7 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
3775
International designator
1969-021A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
5 Mar 1969Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Oct 1978UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
9 years, 7 months3,517 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
74.0°N to 74.0°SFinal inclination 74.0°
Mass
434 kg
Operator
TsUKOS
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
Tselina-OM
Programme
Tselina-OM

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 74.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 74.0°N and 74.0°S.

Life in orbit

9 years, 7 months

COSMOS 269’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 21 Oct 1978

6 entries
1978-0427SALYUT 6 DEB1978-0428SL-4 DEB1978-0429SL-4 DEB1978-0430SL-4 DEB1978-0431COSMOS 1042 DEB1978-0432COSMOS 1042 DEB

From the same launch

1969-021
1978-0341SL-8 R/B
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