CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1991-0384
COSMOS 252 DEB
COSMOS 252 DEB (NORAD 4024) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 September 1991.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
4024
International designator
1968-097CC
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
1 Nov 1968Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Sep 1991UTC calendar day
Time since launch
22 years, 10 months8,344 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.6°N to 62.6°SFinal inclination 62.6°
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 62.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.6°N and 62.6°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 252 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 6 Sep 1991
2 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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