CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1440
COSMOS 249 DEB *
COSMOS 249 DEB * (NORAD 3753) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 September 2025.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
3753
International designator
1968-091AR
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
20 Oct 1968Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Sep 2025UTC calendar day
Time since launch
56 years, 10 months20,772 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.4°N to 62.4°SFinal inclination 62.4°
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 62.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.4°N and 62.4°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 249 DEB *’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 3 Sep 2025
5 entriesFrom the same launch
1968-091
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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