CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1999-0231
COSMOS 2359
COSMOS 2359 (NORAD 25376) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry on 12 July 1999, after 1 year in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
25376
International designator
1998-039A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
25 Jun 1998Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Jul 1999UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year382 days
How it ended
Deorbited (controlled re-entry)
Latitude range
64.9°N to 64.9°SFinal inclination 64.9°
Mass
3,790 kg
Operator
VKS RVSN
Built by
TsSKB-Progress
Bus
Yantar'-4KS1
Programme
Neman
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 64.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.9°N and 64.9°S.
Life in orbit
1 yearCOSMOS 2359’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 12 Jul 1999
1 entryFrom the same launch
1998-039
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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