CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1992-0010
COSMOS 2171 DEB
COSMOS 2171 DEB (NORAD 21843) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 January 1992.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
21843
International designator
1991-078C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
20 Nov 1991Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Jan 1992UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 month59 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.8°N to 62.8°SFinal inclination 62.8°
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
Also ended on 18 Jan 1992
1 entryFrom the same launch
1991-078
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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