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Entry no.
1989-0628

COSMOS 2021

COSMOS 2021 (NORAD 20000) landed on 6 July 1989, after 1 month in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
20000
International designator
1989-037A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
24 May 1989Baikonur Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
6 Jul 1989UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month43 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
69.9°N to 69.9°SFinal inclination 69.9°
Mass
2,720 kg
Operator
VTS SA
Built by
TsSKB
Bus
Yantar'-1KFT
Programme
Kometa

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 69.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 69.9°N and 69.9°S.

Life in orbit

1 month

COSMOS 2021’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 6 Jul 1989

7 entries
1989-0630COSMOS 20281989-0625COSMOS 252 DEB1989-0626COSMOS 1220 DEB1989-0627ARIANE 1 DEB1989-0629SL-6 DEB1989-0631SL-12 PLAT1989-0632COSMOS 2028 DEB

From the same launch

1989-037
1989-0531SL-4 R/B
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