CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1998-0303
Kosmos-2306 SS 3
ESO
Kosmos-2306 SS 3 (NORAD 24783) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 October 1998, after 3 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
24783
International designator
1995-008J
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
COSMOS 2306 DEBListed as a fragment
Country
Russia
Launched
2 Mar 1995Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Oct 1998UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 7 months1,328 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.8°N to 65.8°SFinal inclination 65.8°
Mass
5 kg
Operator
PVO
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
ESO
Programme
ESO
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 65.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.8°N and 65.8°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 7 monthsKosmos-2306 SS 3’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Oct 1998
1 entryFrom the same launch
1995-008
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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