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Entry no.
2008-0431

COSMOS 2421 DEB

COSMOS 2421 DEB (NORAD 32871) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 August 2008.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
32871
International designator
2006-026DW
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
25 Jun 2006Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Aug 2008UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 years, 1 month773 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.3°N to 64.3°SFinal inclination 64.3°

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 64.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.3°N and 64.3°S.

Life in orbit

COSMOS 2421 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 6 Aug 2008

1 entry
2008-0432COSMOS 2421 DEB

From the same launch

2006-026
2006-0062SL-11 R/B2010-0223COSMOS 2421

Part of a fragment group

508 on record
508One of 508 fragments of Cosmos 2421 on record →
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