CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1998-0389
COSMOS 252 DEB
COSMOS 252 DEB (NORAD 9974) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 December 1998.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
9974
International designator
1968-097DW
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
1 Nov 1968Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Dec 1998UTC calendar day
Time since launch
30 years, 1 month11,016 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.1°N to 62.1°SFinal inclination 62.1°
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 62.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.1°N and 62.1°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 252 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 30 Dec 1998
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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