CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2006-0204
COSMOS 2423
COSMOS 2423 (NORAD 29402) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry on 23 November 2006, after 2 months in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
29402
International designator
2006-039A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
14 Sep 2006Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Nov 2006UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 17 Nov 2006
Time in orbit
2 months70 days
How it ended
Deorbited (controlled re-entry)
Latitude range
64.9°N to 64.9°SFinal inclination 64.9°
Mass
6,800 kg
Operator
KVR
Built by
Arsenal
Bus
Orlets
Programme
Don
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
2 monthsCOSMOS 2423’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 23 Nov 2006
5 entriesFrom the same launch
2006-039
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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