CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1989-0848
COSMOS 2044
COSMOS 2044 (NORAD 20242) landed on 29 September 1989, after 14 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
20242
International designator
1989-075A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
15 Sep 1989Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
29 Sep 1989Recorded time 02:43 UTC
Time in orbit
14 days14 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
82.3°N to 82.3°SFinal inclination 82.3°
Mass
2,040 kg
Operator
IMBP / TsSKB
Built by
TsSKB
Bus
Bion
Programme
Bion
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
14 daysAlso ended on 29 Sep 1989
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1989-075
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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