CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2001-0130
COSMOS 2372
COSMOS 2372 (NORAD 26538) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry on 20 April 2001, after 6 months in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
26538
International designator
2000-056A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
25 Sep 2000Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Apr 2001UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 months207 days
How it ended
Deorbited (controlled re-entry)
Latitude range
64.7°N to 64.7°SFinal inclination 64.7°
Mass
4,150 kg
Operator
VKS RVSN
Built by
TsSKB-Progress
Bus
Orlets-2
Programme
Orlets
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 64.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.7°N and 64.7°S.
Life in orbit
6 monthsCOSMOS 2372’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Apr 2001
1 entryFrom the same launch
2000-056
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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