CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1995-0047
COSMOS 2290
COSMOS 2290 (NORAD 23218) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry on 4 April 1995, after 7 months in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
23218
International designator
1994-053A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
26 Aug 1994Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Apr 1995UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 months221 days
How it ended
Deorbited (controlled re-entry)
Latitude range
64.8°N to 64.8°SFinal inclination 64.8°
Mass
4,150 kg
Operator
TsSKB
Built by
TsSKB
Bus
Orlets-2
Programme
Orlets
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 64.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.8°N and 64.8°S.
Life in orbit
7 monthsCOSMOS 2290’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 4 Apr 1995
1 entryFrom the same launch
1994-053
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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