CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1999-0413
COSMOS 2347
COSMOS 2347 (NORAD 25088) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 December 1999, after 2 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25088
International designator
1997-079A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
9 Dec 1997Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Dec 1999UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years733 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.0°N to 65.0°SFinal inclination 65.0°
Mass
3,400 kg
Operator
Russian Navy
Built by
Arsenal / Kometa
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
2 yearsCOSMOS 2347’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 12 Dec 1999
1 entryFrom the same launch
1997-079
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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