CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1989-0882
RESURS F-5 DEB
RESURS F-5 DEB (NORAD 20248) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 October 1989.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
20248
International designator
1989-073C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
6 Sep 1989Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Oct 1989UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 month36 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
RESURS F-5 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 12 Oct 1989
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1989-073
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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