CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1982-0523
COSMOS 252 DEB *
COSMOS 252 DEB * (NORAD 3817) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 December 1982.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
3817
International designator
1968-097BF
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
1 Nov 1968Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Dec 1982UTC calendar day
Time since launch
14 years, 1 month5,149 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.8°N to 62.8°SFinal inclination 62.8°
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 62.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.8°N and 62.8°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 252 DEB *’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 7 Dec 1982
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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