CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1989-0850
COSMOS 2044 DEB
COSMOS 2044 DEB (NORAD 20269) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 September 1989.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
20269
International designator
1989-075E
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
15 Sep 1989Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Sep 1989UTC calendar day
Time since launch
14 days14 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 29 Sep 1989
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1989-075
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.