CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2005-0205
CORONAS F
CORONAS F (NORAD 26873) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 December 2005, after 4 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
26873
International designator
2001-032A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
31 Jul 2001Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Dec 2005UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 4 months1,589 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.4°N to 82.4°SFinal inclination 82.4°
Mass
2,260 kg
Operator
IKI / Southern SDB
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
AUOS
Programme
AUOS
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 82.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.4°N and 82.4°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 4 monthsCORONAS F’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 6 Dec 2005
1 entryFrom the same launch
2001-032
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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