CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1979-0465
COSMOS 252 DEB *
COSMOS 252 DEB * (NORAD 5516) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 October 1979.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
5516
International designator
1968-097CR
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
1 Nov 1968Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Oct 1979UTC calendar day
Time since launch
10 years, 11 months3,995 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 252 DEB *’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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