CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1992-0251
Kosmos-2106 SS 18
ESO
Kosmos-2106 SS 18 (NORAD 21991) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 October 1992, after 1 year, 10 months in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
21991
International designator
1990-104X
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
COSMOS 2106 DEBListed as a fragment
Country
USSR
Launched
28 Nov 1990Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Oct 1992UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 10 months679 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 82.5°
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 82.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 10 monthsKosmos-2106 SS 18’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 21991-0105Kosmos-2106 SS 31991-0112Kosmos-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 16
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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