CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1990-0424
Kosmos-2075 SS 3
ESO
Kosmos-2075 SS 3 (NORAD 20748) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 September 1990, after 4 months in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
20748
International designator
1990-038F
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
COSMOS 2075 DEBListed as a fragment
Country
USSR
Launched
25 Apr 1990Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Sep 1990UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 months148 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
74.0°N to 74.0°SFinal inclination 74.0°
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 74.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 74.0°N and 74.0°S.
Life in orbit
4 monthsKosmos-2075 SS 3’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Sep 1990
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1990-038
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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