CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1997-0331
COSMOS 2326
COSMOS 2326 (NORAD 23748) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry on 8 November 1997, after 1 year, 10 months in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
23748
International designator
1995-071A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
20 Dec 1995Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Nov 1997UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 10 months689 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
Bus
US-P
Programme
US-PU
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, 10 monthsCOSMOS 2326’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Nov 1997
1 entryFrom the same launch
1995-071
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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