CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1980-0490
COSMOS 252 DEB *
COSMOS 252 DEB * (NORAD 4013) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 November 1980.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
4013
International designator
1968-097CA
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
1 Nov 1968Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Nov 1980UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 16 Oct 1980
Time since launch
12 years4,395 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.4°N to 62.4°SFinal inclination 62.4°
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 62.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.4°N and 62.4°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 252 DEB *’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 13 Nov 1980
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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