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Entry no.
1981-0143

COSMOS 252 DEB *

COSMOS 252 DEB * (NORAD 3953) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 April 1981.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
3953
International designator
1968-097BU
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
1 Nov 1968Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Apr 1981UTC calendar day
Time since launch
12 years, 5 months4,546 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—

Where it came down

Not on record

No 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.

Also ended on 13 Apr 1981

28 entries
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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