CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1989-0004
COSMOS 252 DEB *
COSMOS 252 DEB * (NORAD 18618) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 January 1989.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
18618
International designator
1968-097ER
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
1 Nov 1968Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Jan 1989UTC calendar day
Time since launch
20 years, 2 months7,367 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.3°N to 62.3°SFinal inclination 62.3°
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 62.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.3°N and 62.3°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 252 DEB *’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 2 Jan 1989
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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