CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1997-0197
COSMOS 2313
COSMOS 2313 (NORAD 23596) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 July 1997, after 2 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
23596
International designator
1995-028A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
8 Jun 1995Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Jul 1997UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 1 month765 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
2 years, 1 monthCOSMOS 2313’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 12 Jul 1997
1 entryFrom the same launch
1995-028
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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