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Entry no.
1989-0657
COSMOS 2020
COSMOS 2020 (NORAD 19986) landed on 15 July 1989, after 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
19986
International designator
1989-036A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
17 May 1989Baikonur Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
15 Jul 1989UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month59 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
64.8°N to 64.8°SFinal inclination 64.8°
Mass
2,886 kg
Operator
UNKS
Built by
TsSKB
Bus
Yantar'-4K2
Programme
Kobal't
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 64.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.8°N and 64.8°S.
Life in orbit
1 monthCOSMOS 2020’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 15 Jul 1989
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1989-036
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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