CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1996-0041
COSMOS 2306 DEB
COSMOS 2306 DEB (NORAD 23509) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 April 1996.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
23509
International designator
1995-008E
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
2 Mar 1995Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Apr 1996UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 year, 1 month419 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.8°N to 65.8°SFinal inclination 65.8°
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 65.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.8°N and 65.8°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 2306 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1995-008
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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