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Entry no.
2001-0092

Kristall

Kristall (NORAD 20635) came down with its space station on 23 March 2001, after 10 years, 9 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
20635
International designator
1990-048A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
31 May 1990Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Mar 2001UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
10 years, 9 months3,949 days
How it ended
Came down with its space station
Latitude range
—
Mass
19,500 kg
Operator
NPO Energiya
Built by
ZIKh
Bus
77KS
Programme
TsM

Where it came down

Not on record

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.

Life in orbit

10 years, 9 months

Kristall’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 23 Mar 2001

6 entries
2001-0089Mir2001-0090Kvant-12001-0091Kvant-22001-0093Spektr2001-0094Priroda2001-0095Progress M1-5

From the same launch

1990-048
1990-0281SL-13 R/B
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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