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Entry no.
1990-0006

COSMOS 252 DEB

COSMOS 252 DEB (NORAD 18489) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 January 1990.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
18489
International designator
1968-097EM
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
1 Nov 1968Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Jan 1990UTC calendar day
Time since launch
21 years, 2 months7,733 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—

Where it came down

Not on record

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.

Life in orbit

Also ended on 3 Jan 1990

5 entries
1990-0004ELEKTRON 1 DEB1990-0005ELEKTRON 1 DEB1990-0007COSMOS 886 DEB1990-0008COSMOS 397 DEB1990-0009COSMOS 886 DEB
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