CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1999-0424
COSMOS 2347 DEB
COSMOS 2347 DEB (NORAD 25974) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 December 1999.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
25974
International designator
1997-079H
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
9 Dec 1997Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Dec 1999UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 8 Jan 2000
Time since launch
2 years741 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.2°N to 65.2°SFinal inclination 65.2°
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 65.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.2°N and 65.2°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 2347 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Dec 1999
1 entryFrom the same launch
1997-079
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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