CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1369
COSMOS 249 DEB
COSMOS 249 DEB (NORAD 3509) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 August 2025.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
3509
International designator
1968-091F
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
20 Oct 1968Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Aug 2025UTC calendar day
Time since launch
56 years, 9 months20,751 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.3°N to 62.3°SFinal inclination 62.3°
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 62.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.3°N and 62.3°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 2025
5 entriesFrom the same launch
1968-091
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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