CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1991-0105
Kosmos-2106 SS 3
ESO
Kosmos-2106 SS 3 (NORAD 20977) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 March 1991, after 3 months in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
20977
International designator
1990-104E
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
COSMOS 2106 DEBListed as a fragment
Country
USSR
Launched
28 Nov 1990Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Mar 1991UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 months98 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.4°N to 82.4°SFinal inclination 82.4°
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 82.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.4°N and 82.4°S.
Life in orbit
3 monthsKosmos-2106 SS 3’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1990-1041991-0079Kosmos-2106 SS 11991-0083Kosmos-2106 SS 21991-0112Kosmos-2106 SS 41991-0113Kosmos-2106 SS 61991-0115Kosmos-2106 SS 51991-0270Kosmos-2106 SS 81991-0271Kosmos-2106 SS 91991-0272Kosmos-2106 SS 101991-0279Kosmos-2106 SS 121991-0281Kosmos-2106 SS 71991-0282Kosmos-2106 SS 161991-0283Kosmos-2106 SS 17
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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