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Entry no.
1990-0537
COSMOS 2102
COSMOS 2102 (NORAD 20909) landed on 12 December 1990, after 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
20909
International designator
1990-092A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
16 Oct 1990Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
12 Dec 1990UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month57 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
62.8°N to 62.8°SFinal inclination 62.8°
Mass
2,886 kg
Operator
UNKS
Built by
TsSKB
Bus
Yantar'-4K2
Programme
Kobal't
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
1 monthCOSMOS 2102’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 12 Dec 1990
1 entryFrom the same launch
1990-092
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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