CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2004-0055
COSMOS 2383
COSMOS 2383 (NORAD 27053) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 March 2004, after 2 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
27053
International designator
2001-057A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
21 Dec 2001Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Mar 2004UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 2 months820 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.0°N to 65.0°SFinal inclination 65.0°
Mass
3,150 kg
Operator
Russian Navy
Built by
Arsenal / Kometa
Bus
US-P
Programme
US-PU
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 65.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.0°N and 65.0°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 2 monthsCOSMOS 2383’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Mar 2004
1 entryFrom the same launch
2001-057
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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