CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1991-0020
COSMOS 2120
COSMOS 2120 (NORAD 21035) landed on 17 January 1991, after 22 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
21035
International designator
1990-115A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
26 Dec 1990Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
17 Jan 1991UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
22 days22 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 82.6°
Mass
2,655 kg
Operator
UNKS
Built by
TsSKB
Bus
Oblik
Programme
Oblik
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 82.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.6°N and 82.6°S.
Life in orbit
22 daysCOSMOS 2120’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Jan 1991
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1990-115
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/1991-0020
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/1991-0020
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.