CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2008-0539
COSMOS 2001
COSMOS 2001 (NORAD 19796) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 September 2008, after 19 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
19796
International designator
1989-011A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
14 Feb 1989Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Sep 2008UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
19 years, 7 months7,160 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
61.7°N to 61.7°SFinal inclination 61.7°
Mass
1,250 kg
Operator
PVO
Built by
Lavochkin / Kometa
Bus
Oko
Programme
Oko E
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 61.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 61.7°N and 61.7°S.
Life in orbit
19 years, 7 monthsCOSMOS 2001’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 22 Sep 2008
4 entriesFrom the same launch
1989-011
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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