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Entry no.
1997-0241

COSMOS 2053

COSMOS 2053 (NORAD 20389) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 September 1997, after 7 years, 8 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
20389
International designator
1989-100A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
27 Dec 1989Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Sep 1997UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 years, 8 months2,806 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
73.5°N to 73.5°SFinal inclination 73.5°
Mass
1,450 kg
Operator
PVO
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
Kol'tso
Programme
Koltso

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 73.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 73.5°N and 73.5°S.

Life in orbit

7 years, 8 months

COSMOS 2053’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 2 Sep 1997

1 entry
1997-0242PEGASUS DEB

From the same launch

1989-100
1990-0148Kosmos-2053 SS 31990-0152Kosmos-2053 SS 11990-0176Kosmos-2053 SS 51990-0180Kosmos-2053 SS 21990-0188Kosmos-2053 SS 41990-0220Kosmos-2053 SS 61990-0229Kosmos-2053 SS 71990-0237Kosmos-2053 SS 81990-0246Kosmos-2053 SS 91990-0372Kosmos-2053 SS 101990-0380Kosmos-2053 SS 111990-0477Kosmos-2053 SS 12
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