CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1990-0188
Kosmos-2053 SS 4
ESO
Kosmos-2053 SS 4 (NORAD 20467) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 March 1990, after 3 months in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
20467
International designator
1989-100F
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
COSMOS 2053 DEBListed as a fragment
Country
USSR
Launched
27 Dec 1989Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Mar 1990UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 months94 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
73.4°N to 73.4°SFinal inclination 73.4°
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 73.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 73.4°N and 73.4°S.
Life in orbit
3 monthsKosmos-2053 SS 4’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 31 Mar 1990
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1989-1001990-0148Kosmos-2053 SS 31990-0152Kosmos-2053 SS 11990-0176Kosmos-2053 SS 51990-0180Kosmos-2053 SS 21990-0220Kosmos-2053 SS 61990-0229Kosmos-2053 SS 71990-0237Kosmos-2053 SS 81990-0246Kosmos-2053 SS 91990-0372Kosmos-2053 SS 101990-0380Kosmos-2053 SS 111990-0477Kosmos-2053 SS 121990-0478Kosmos-2053 SS 13
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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