CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1989-0684
PION 2
PION 2 (NORAD 20060) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 July 1989, after 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
20060
International designator
1989-038D
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
25 May 1989Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Jul 1989UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month60 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.3°N to 82.3°SFinal inclination 82.3°
Mass
78 kg
Operator
KAI / MOM
Built by
KAI
Bus
Pion
Programme
Pion
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 82.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.3°N and 82.3°S.
Life in orbit
1 monthPION 2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 24 Jul 1989
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1989-038
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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