CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1989-0814
RESURS F-4 DEB
RESURS F-4 DEB (NORAD 20231) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 September 1989.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
20231
International designator
1989-063C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
15 Aug 1989Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Sep 1989UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 19 Nov 1989
Time since launch
1 month31 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.3°N to 82.3°SFinal inclination 82.3°
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
Also ended on 15 Sep 1989
1 entryFrom the same launch
1989-063
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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