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Entry no.
1983-0087

COSMOS 249 DEB

COSMOS 249 DEB (NORAD 3960) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 March 1983.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
3960
International designator
1968-091BU
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
20 Oct 1968Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Mar 1983UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 26 Nov 1978
Time since launch
14 years, 4 months5,250 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 249 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 6 Mar 1983

1 entry
1983-0088COSMOS 374 DEB *

From the same launch

1968-091
1968-0259SL-11 R/B
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