CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1980-0078
COSMOS 248
COSMOS 248 (NORAD 3503) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 February 1980, after 11 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
3503
International designator
1968-090A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
19 Oct 1968Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Feb 1980UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
11 years, 4 months4,147 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.2°N to 62.2°SFinal inclination 62.2°
Mass
1,400 kg
Operator
PKO
Built by
TSKBM / KB-1
Bus
IS
Programme
IS 5V91
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
11 years, 4 monthsCOSMOS 248’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 26 Feb 1980
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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