CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1993-0231
COSMOS 2262
COSMOS 2262 (NORAD 22789) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 December 1993, after 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
22789
International designator
1993-057A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
7 Sep 1993Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Dec 1993UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 months112 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.9°N to 64.9°SFinal inclination 64.9°
Mass
3,590 kg
Operator
VKS
Built by
TsSKB
Bus
Orlets
Programme
Don
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 64.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.9°N and 64.9°S.
Life in orbit
3 monthsCOSMOS 2262’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1993-057
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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