CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1999-0016
SPUTNIK 41
SPUTNIK 41 (NORAD 25533) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere after release from its host on 11 January 1999, after 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25533
International designator
1998-062C
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
25 Oct 1998Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Jan 1999UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 months78 days
How it ended
Re-entered after release from its host
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
4 kg
Operator
ACF / RuAF
Built by
ACF / RuAF
Bus
Sputnik-40
Programme
Radio RS
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 51.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.6°N and 51.6°S.
Life in orbit
2 monthsSPUTNIK 41’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 11 Jan 1999
1 entryFrom the same launch
1998-062
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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