Kosmos-2053 SS 9: Orbital Register entry no. 1990-0246

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Entry no.

1990-0246

Kosmos-2053 SS 9

ESO

Kosmos-2053 SS 9 (NORAD 20532) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 May 1990, after 4 months in orbit.

Official dateIdentified from the historical record

NORAD number

20532

International designator

1989-100L

Object type

Spacecraft

Official listing

COSMOS 2053 DEBListed as a fragment

Country

USSR

Launched

27 Dec 1989Plesetsk Cosmodrome

Re-entered (UTC)

7 May 1990UTC calendar day

Time in orbit

4 months131 days

How it ended

Re-entered (natural decay)

Latitude range

73.5°N to 73.5°SFinal inclination 73.5°

Mass

5 kg

Operator

PVO

Built by

Southern SDB

Bus

ESO

Programme

ESO

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed

Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 73.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 73.5°N and 73.5°S.

Life in orbit

4 months

Kosmos-2053 SS 9’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 7 May 1990

3 entries

1990-0248SL-4 R/B 1990-0245DELTA 1 DEB 1990-0247FOTON 3 DEB

From the same launch

1989-100

1990-0148Kosmos-2053 SS 3 1990-0152Kosmos-2053 SS 1 1990-0176Kosmos-2053 SS 5 1990-0180Kosmos-2053 SS 2 1990-0188Kosmos-2053 SS 4 1990-0220Kosmos-2053 SS 6 1990-0229Kosmos-2053 SS 7 1990-0237Kosmos-2053 SS 8 1990-0372Kosmos-2053 SS 10 1990-0380Kosmos-2053 SS 11 1990-0477Kosmos-2053 SS 12 1990-0478Kosmos-2053 SS 13

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