CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2002-0393
COSMOS 249 DEB
COSMOS 249 DEB (NORAD 3587) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 September 2002.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
3587
International designator
1968-091V
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
20 Oct 1968Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Sep 2002UTC calendar day
Time since launch
33 years, 11 months12,389 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.2°N to 62.2°SFinal inclination 62.2°
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 62.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.2°N and 62.2°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 249 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 21 Sep 2002
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1968-091
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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