CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1990-0037
Kosmos-1960 SS 24
ESO
Kosmos-1960 SS 24 (NORAD 20396) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 January 1990, after 1 year, 5 months in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
20396
International designator
1988-065AF
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
COSMOS 1960 DEBListed as a fragment
Country
USSR
Launched
28 Jul 1988Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Jan 1990UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 5 months534 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.8°N to 65.8°SFinal inclination 65.8°
Mass
5 kg
Operator
PVO
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
ESO
Programme
ESO
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 65.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.8°N and 65.8°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 5 monthsAlso ended on 13 Jan 1990
4 entriesFrom the same launch
1988-065
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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