CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1991-0009
COSMOS 2033
COSMOS 2033 (NORAD 20147) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 January 1991, after 1 year, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
20147
International designator
1989-058A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
24 Jul 1989Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Jan 1991UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 5 months531 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.0°N to 65.0°SFinal inclination 65.0°
Mass
3,300 kg
Operator
Soviet Navy
Built by
Arsenal / Kometa
Bus
US-P
Programme
US-PM
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 65.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.0°N and 65.0°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 5 monthsCOSMOS 2033’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 6 Jan 1991
1 entryFrom the same launch
1989-058
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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