CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0627
COSMOS 249 DEB *
COSMOS 249 DEB * (NORAD 19476) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 October 1988.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
19476
International designator
1968-091DK
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
20 Oct 1968Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Oct 1988UTC calendar day
Time since launch
19 years, 11 months7,286 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.7°N to 62.7°SFinal inclination 62.7°
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 62.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.7°N and 62.7°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 249 DEB *’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 1 Oct 1988
4 entriesFrom the same launch
1968-091
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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