CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2002-0089
COSMOS 100
COSMOS 100 (NORAD 1843) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 February 2002, after 36 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
1843
International designator
1965-106A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
17 Dec 1965Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Feb 2002UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
36 years, 1 month13,209 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.9°N to 64.9°SFinal inclination 64.9°
Mass
1,250 kg
Operator
VNIIEM
Built by
VNIIEM
Bus
Meteor
Programme
Meteor A
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
36 years, 1 monthCOSMOS 100’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 15 Feb 2002
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1965-106
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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