CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0867
COSMOS 249 DEB
COSMOS 249 DEB (NORAD 3797) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 December 1988.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
3797
International designator
1968-091BE
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
20 Oct 1968Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Dec 1988UTC calendar day
Time since launch
20 years, 1 month7,356 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.4°N to 62.4°SFinal inclination 62.4°
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 62.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.4°N and 62.4°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 249 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 10 Dec 1988
10 entriesFrom the same launch
1968-091
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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