CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1989-0961
COSMOS 122
COSMOS 122 (NORAD 2254) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 November 1989, after 23 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
2254
International designator
1966-057A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
25 Jun 1966Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Nov 1989UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
23 years, 4 months8,543 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.9°N to 64.9°SFinal inclination 64.9°
Mass
1,250 kg
Operator
VNIIEM
Built by
VNIIEM
Bus
Meteor
Programme
Meteor A
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 64.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.9°N and 64.9°S.
Life in orbit
23 years, 4 monthsCOSMOS 122’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 14 Nov 1989
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1966-057
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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