CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2003-0122
COSMOS 2265
COSMOS 2265 (NORAD 22875) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 August 2003 over the Indian Ocean, after 9 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
22875
International designator
1993-067A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
26 Oct 1993Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Aug 2003Recorded time 19:41 UTC
Time in orbit
9 years, 9 months3,576 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.8°N to 82.8°SFinal inclination 82.8°
Mass
750 kg
Operator
PVO
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
Taifun-1B
Programme
Yug
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 11.0°S, 49.0°E at 19:41 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 82.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.8°N and 82.8°S.
Life in orbit
9 years, 9 monthsCOSMOS 2265’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1993-067
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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