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Entry no.
2008-0007

COSMOS 2105

COSMOS 2105 (NORAD 20941) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 January 2008, after 17 years, 2 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
20941
International designator
1990-099A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
20 Nov 1990Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Jan 2008UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
17 years, 2 months6,271 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.5°N to 62.5°SFinal inclination 62.5°
Mass
1,250 kg
Operator
PVO
Built by
Lavochkin / Kometa
Bus
Oko
Programme
Oko C

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 62.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.5°N and 62.5°S.

Life in orbit

17 years, 2 months

COSMOS 2105’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

From the same launch

1990-099
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