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Entry no.
2009-0086

COSMOS 2421 DEB

COSMOS 2421 DEB (NORAD 33140) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 April 2009.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
33140
International designator
2006-026MY
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
25 Jun 2006Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Apr 2009UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 years, 9 months1,013 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.7°N to 64.7°SFinal inclination 64.7°

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 64.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.7°N and 64.7°S.

Life in orbit

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

Also ended on 3 Apr 2009

1 entry
2009-0087COSMOS 2251 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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