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Entry no.
1989-0781

COSMOS 2031 DEB

COSMOS 2031 DEB (NORAD 20208) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 September 1989.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
20208
International designator
1989-056F
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
18 Jul 1989Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Sep 1989UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 month48 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
50.5°N to 50.5°SFinal inclination 50.5°

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 50.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 50.5°N and 50.5°S.

Life in orbit

Also ended on 4 Sep 1989

7 entries
1989-0777THORAD AGENA D DEB1989-0778ARIANE 1 DEB1989-0779COSMOS 2031 DEB1989-0780COSMOS 2031 DEB1989-0782COSMOS 2031 DEB1989-0783COSMOS 2031 DEB1989-0784COSMOS 2031 DEB

From the same launch

1989-056
1989-0675SL-4 R/B1989-0813COSMOS 2031
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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