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Entry no.
2008-0477

COSMOS 2421 DEB

COSMOS 2421 DEB (NORAD 33253) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 August 2008.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
33253
International designator
2006-026SB
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
25 Jun 2006Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Aug 2008UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 years, 2 months793 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 allowed
Exact 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

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

Also ended on 26 Aug 2008

3 entries
2008-0476SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)2008-0478COSMOS 2421 DEB2008-0479COSMOS 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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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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