CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1880
COSMOS 252 DEB
COSMOS 252 DEB (NORAD 19561) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 November 2024.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
19561
International designator
1968-097EU
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
1 Nov 1968Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Nov 2024UTC calendar day
Time since launch
56 years20,469 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 252 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 16 Nov 2024
26 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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