CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1997-0232
COSMOS 2321
COSMOS 2321 (NORAD 23676) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 August 1997, after 1 year, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
23676
International designator
1995-052A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
6 Oct 1995Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Aug 1997UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 10 months685 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.9°N to 82.9°SFinal inclination 82.9°
Mass
800 kg
Operator
Russian Navy
Built by
Polyot
Bus
KAUR-1 11F627
Programme
Parus
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 82.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.9°N and 82.9°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 10 monthsCOSMOS 2321’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 21 Aug 1997
1 entryFrom the same launch
1995-052
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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