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Entry no.
1982-0469

COSMOS 249 DEB

COSMOS 249 DEB (NORAD 3961) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 November 1982.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
3961
International designator
1968-091BV
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
20 Oct 1968Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Nov 1982UTC calendar day
Time since launch
14 years5,136 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

Also ended on 12 Nov 1982

9 entries
1982-0464SCOUT X-4 DEB1982-0465DIAMANT DEB1982-0466COSMOS 252 DEB1982-0467TRANSIT 5B-7 DEB1982-0468COSMOS 252 DEB1982-0470DIADEME 1 DEB *1982-0471COSMOS 252 DEB1982-0472THORAD AGENA D DEB1982-0473COSMOS 1412 DEB (ANTENNA

From the same launch

1968-091
1968-0259SL-11 R/B
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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