CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1989-0784
COSMOS 2031 DEB
COSMOS 2031 DEB (NORAD 20212) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 September 1989.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
20212
International designator
1989-056K
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
50.6°N to 50.6°SFinal inclination 50.6°
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 50.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 50.6°N and 50.6°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 4 Sep 1989
7 entriesFrom the same launch
1989-056Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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