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Entry no.
1966-0003

COSMOS 93

COSMOS 93 (NORAD 1629) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 January 1966, after 2 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
1629
International designator
1965-084A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
19 Oct 1965Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Jan 1966UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 months76 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
48.3°N to 48.3°SFinal inclination 48.3°
Mass
240 kg
Operator
Southern SDB
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
DS-U2
Programme
DS-U2-V

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 48.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 48.3°N and 48.3°S.

Life in orbit

2 months

Also ended on 3 Jan 1966

1 entry
1966-0002SL-8 DEB

From the same launch

1965-084
1965-0357SL-7 R/B
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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