CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2012-0290
COSMOS 249 DEB
COSMOS 249 DEB (NORAD 3608) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 August 2012.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
3608
International designator
1968-091AA
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
20 Oct 1968Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Aug 2012UTC calendar day
Time since launch
43 years, 9 months16,003 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.5°N to 62.5°SFinal inclination 62.5°
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 62.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.5°N and 62.5°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 249 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 13 Aug 2012
1 entryFrom the same launch
1968-091
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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