CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1990-0131
COSMOS 236
COSMOS 236 (NORAD 3347) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 March 1990, after 21 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
3347
International designator
1968-070A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
27 Aug 1968Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Mar 1990UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
21 years, 6 months7,859 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
56.1°N to 56.1°SFinal inclination 56.1°
Mass
800 kg
Operator
OKB-10
Built by
OKB-10
Bus
Strela-2
Programme
Strela-2
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 56.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 56.1°N and 56.1°S.
Life in orbit
21 years, 6 monthsCOSMOS 236’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 4 Mar 1990
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1968-070
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/1990-0131
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/1990-0131
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.