CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1997-0263
COSMOS 2343
COSMOS 2343 (NORAD 24805) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 September 1997, after 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
24805
International designator
1997-024A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
15 May 1997Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Sep 1997UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 months126 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.8°N to 64.8°SFinal inclination 64.8°
Mass
3,590 kg
Operator
VKS
Built by
TsSKB-Progress
Bus
Orlets
Programme
Don
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 64.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.8°N and 64.8°S.
Life in orbit
4 monthsCOSMOS 2343’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1997-024
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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