CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1978-0486
COSMOS 699 DEB
COSMOS 699 DEB (NORAD 7999) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 December 1978.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
7999
International designator
1974-103Y
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
24 Dec 1974Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Dec 1978UTC calendar day
Time since launch
3 years, 11 months1,443 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.8°N to 64.8°SFinal inclination 64.8°
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 64.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.8°N and 64.8°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 699 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 6 Dec 1978
1 entryFrom the same launch
1974-103
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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