CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1989-0471
COSMOS 249 DEB *
COSMOS 249 DEB * (NORAD 19879) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 April 1989.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
19879
International designator
1968-091DM
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
20 Oct 1968Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Apr 1989UTC calendar day
Time since launch
20 years, 6 months7,497 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.9°N to 62.9°SFinal inclination 62.9°
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 62.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.9°N and 62.9°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 249 DEB *’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 30 Apr 1989
4 entriesFrom the same launch
1968-091
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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