CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1992-0344
COSMOS 2164
COSMOS 2164 (NORAD 21743) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 December 1992, after 1 year, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
21743
International designator
1991-072A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
10 Oct 1991Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Dec 1992UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 2 months429 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
73.9°N to 73.9°SFinal inclination 73.9°
Mass
750 kg
Operator
PVO
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
Taifun-1B
Programme
Yug
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 73.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 73.9°N and 73.9°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 2 monthsCOSMOS 2164’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 12 Dec 1992
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1991-072
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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