CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1979-0415
COSMOS 252 DEB *
COSMOS 252 DEB * (NORAD 5891) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 September 1979.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
5891
International designator
1968-097DS
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
1 Nov 1968Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Sep 1979UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 31 Jan 1977
Time since launch
10 years, 10 months3,960 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.2°N to 62.2°SFinal inclination 62.2°
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 62.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.2°N and 62.2°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 252 DEB *’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 5 Sep 1979
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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