CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1981-0231
COSMOS 252 DEB
COSMOS 252 DEB (NORAD 5875) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 May 1981.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
5875
International designator
1968-097DP
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
1 Nov 1968Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
9 May 1981UTC calendar day
Time since launch
12 years, 6 months4,572 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 9 May 1981
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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