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Entry no.
1989-0923

COSMOS 2048 DEB

COSMOS 2048 DEB (NORAD 20312) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 October 1989.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
20312
International designator
1989-083H
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
17 Oct 1989Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Oct 1989UTC calendar day
Time since launch
10 days10 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.8°N to 62.8°SFinal inclination 62.8°

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 62.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.8°N and 62.8°S.

Life in orbit

Also ended on 27 Oct 1989

5 entries
1989-0919TRANSIT 17 DEB1989-0920SOLWIND DEB1989-0921ARIANE 1 DEB1989-0922COSMOS 1461 DEB1989-0924COSMOS 2048 DEB

From the same launch

1989-083
1989-0907SL-4 R/B1989-0918COSMOS 2048
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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