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Entry no.
1992-0030
COSMOS 2174
COSMOS 2174 (NORAD 21816) landed on 30 January 1992, after 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
21816
International designator
1991-085A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
17 Dec 1991Baikonur Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
30 Jan 1992UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month44 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
64.8°N to 64.8°SFinal inclination 64.8°
Mass
2,720 kg
Operator
VTS VS Rossii
Built by
TsSKB
Bus
Yantar'-1KFT
Programme
Kometa
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 64.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.8°N and 64.8°S.
Life in orbit
1 monthCOSMOS 2174’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 30 Jan 1992
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1991-085
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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