CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1981-0026
PROGNOZ 2
PROGNOZ 2 (NORAD 6068) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 January 1981, after 8 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
6068
International designator
1972-046A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
29 Jun 1972Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Jan 1981UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 years, 6 months3,123 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Mass
845 kg
Operator
IKI / Babakin
Built by
Lavochkin
Bus
SO-M
Programme
SO-M
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
8 years, 6 monthsFrom the same launch
1972-046
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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