CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2008-0266
COSMOS 2421 DEB
COSMOS 2421 DEB (NORAD 32917) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 May 2008.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
32917
International designator
2006-026FU
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
25 Jun 2006Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
24 May 2008UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 year, 10 months699 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.0°N to 65.0°SFinal inclination 65.0°
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
From the same launch
2006-026Part of a fragment group
508 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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