CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1993-0094
COSMOS 2243
COSMOS 2243 (NORAD 22641) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 May 1993, after 9 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
22641
International designator
1993-028A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
27 Apr 1993Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
6 May 1993UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
9 days9 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
70.3°N to 70.3°SFinal inclination 70.3°
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 70.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 70.3°N and 70.3°S.
Life in orbit
9 daysAlso ended on 6 May 1993
1 entryFrom the same launch
1993-028
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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