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Entry no.
1995-0026
COSMOS 2280
COSMOS 2280 (NORAD 23095) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry on 10 March 1995, after 10 months in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
23095
International designator
1994-025A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
28 Apr 1994Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Mar 1995UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
10 months316 days
How it ended
Deorbited (controlled re-entry)
Latitude range
70.4°N to 70.4°SFinal inclination 70.4°
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 70.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 70.4°N and 70.4°S.
Life in orbit
10 monthsCOSMOS 2280’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1994-025
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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