CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1982-0485
COSMOS 252 DEB
COSMOS 252 DEB (NORAD 5828) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 November 1982.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
5828
International designator
1968-097DF
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
1 Nov 1968Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Nov 1982UTC calendar day
Time since launch
14 years5,131 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Where it came down
Not on recordNo 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 19 Nov 1982
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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