CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1990-0257
FOTON 3 DEB
FOTON 3 DEB (NORAD 20588) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 May 1990.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
20588
International designator
1990-032C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
11 Apr 1990Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
16 May 1990UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 month35 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.8°N to 62.8°SFinal inclination 62.8°
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 62.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.8°N and 62.8°S.
Life in orbit
FOTON 3 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 16 May 1990
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1990-032
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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