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Entry no.
1993-0228
COSMOS 2223
COSMOS 2223 (NORAD 22260) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry on 16 December 1993, after 1 year in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
22260
International designator
1992-087A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
9 Dec 1992Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Dec 1993UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year372 days
How it ended
Deorbited (controlled re-entry)
Latitude range
64.6°N to 64.6°SFinal inclination 64.6°
Mass
3,790 kg
Operator
VKS
Built by
TsSKB
Bus
Yantar'-4KS1
Programme
Neman
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 64.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.6°N and 64.6°S.
Life in orbit
1 yearCOSMOS 2223’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1992-087
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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