CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1990-0205
ISKRA 1
ISKRA 1 (NORAD 19236) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 April 1990, after 8 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
19236
International designator
1981-065D
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
10 Jul 1981Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Apr 1990UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 years, 9 months3,202 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.3°N to 82.3°SFinal inclination 97.7°
Mass
35 kg
Operator
MAI Moskva / MOM
Built by
MAI Moskva
Bus
Iskra
Programme
Iskra
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 97.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.3°N and 82.3°S.
Life in orbit
8 years, 9 monthsISKRA 1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 16 Apr 1990
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1981-065
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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