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Entry no.
1988-0199

COSMOS 249 DEB

COSMOS 249 DEB (NORAD 15518) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 April 1988.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
15518
International designator
1968-091CW
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
20 Oct 1968Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Apr 1988UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 1 Apr 1988
Time since launch
19 years, 5 months7,104 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.0°N to 62.0°SFinal inclination 62.0°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 62.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.0°N and 62.0°S.

Life in orbit

COSMOS 249 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Came down with COSMOS 249 DEB

8 entries
1988-0203DELTA 1 R/B1988-0205SL-4 R/B1988-0206SL-12 R/B(1)1988-0200COSMOS 1461 DEB1988-0201COSMOS 1813 DEB1988-0202COSMOS 1646 DEB1988-0204COSMOS 1906 DEB1988-0207COSMOS 1881 DEB

From the same launch

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