CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1996-0047
COSMOS 2293
COSMOS 2293 (NORAD 23336) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry on 13 May 1996, after 1 year, 6 months in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
23336
International designator
1994-072A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
2 Nov 1994Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
13 May 1996UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 6 months558 days
How it ended
Deorbited (controlled re-entry)
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, 6 monthsCOSMOS 2293’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 13 May 1996
1 entryFrom the same launch
1994-072
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/1996-0047
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/1996-0047
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.