CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1999-0162
GRANAT
GRANAT (NORAD 20352) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 May 1999, after 9 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
20352
International designator
1989-096A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
1 Dec 1989Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
25 May 1999UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
9 years, 5 months3,462 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
48.8°N to 48.8°SFinal inclination 48.8°
Mass
4,402 kg
Operator
IKI / Babakin
Built by
Lavochkin
Bus
3M
Programme
Astron
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 48.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 48.8°N and 48.8°S.
Life in orbit
9 years, 5 monthsGRANAT’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1989-096
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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