CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1995-0076
COSMOS 2258
COSMOS 2258 (NORAD 22709) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 June 1995, after 1 year, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
22709
International designator
1993-044A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
7 Jul 1993Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Jun 1995UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 11 months701 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.0°N to 65.0°SFinal inclination 65.0°
Mass
3,400 kg
Operator
Russian Navy
Built by
Arsenal / Kometa
Bus
US-P
Programme
US-PM
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 65.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.0°N and 65.0°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 11 monthsCOSMOS 2258’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Jun 1995
1 entryFrom the same launch
1993-044
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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