CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1990-0121
Kosmos-2059 SS 10
ESO
Kosmos-2059 SS 10 (NORAD 20493) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 February 1990, after 21 days in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
20493
International designator
1990-012M
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
SL-8 DEBListed as a fragment
Country
USSR
Launched
6 Feb 1990Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Feb 1990UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
21 days21 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.7°N to 65.7°SFinal inclination 65.7°
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 65.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.7°N and 65.7°S.
Life in orbit
21 daysKosmos-2059 SS 10’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 27 Feb 1990
1 entryFrom the same launch
1990-012
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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