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Entry no.
1989-0889

COSMOS 2002

COSMOS 2002 (NORAD 19800) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 October 1989, after 8 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
19800
International designator
1989-012A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
14 Feb 1989Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Oct 1989UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 months243 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.7°N to 65.7°SFinal inclination 65.7°
Mass
760 kg
Operator
PVO
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
Duga-K
Programme
Duga-K

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 65.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.7°N and 65.7°S.

Life in orbit

8 months

COSMOS 2002’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 15 Oct 1989

1 entry
1989-0888COSMOS 1461 DEB

From the same launch

1989-012
1989-0239Kosmos-2002 SS 11989-0259Kosmos-2002 SS 91989-0268Kosmos-2002 SS 41989-0274Kosmos-2002 SS 61989-0280Kosmos-2002 SS 21989-0281Kosmos-2002 SS 51989-0282Kosmos-2002 SS 101989-0285Kosmos-2002 SS 31989-0286Kosmos-2002 SS 71989-0287Kosmos-2002 SS 81989-0686SL-8 R/B
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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