CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2009-0248
COSMOS 2421 DEB
COSMOS 2421 DEB (NORAD 33479) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 October 2009.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
33479
International designator
2006-026WA
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
25 Jun 2006Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Oct 2009UTC calendar day
Time since launch
3 years, 3 months1,207 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.4°N to 65.4°SFinal inclination 65.4°
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 65.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.4°N and 65.4°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 2421 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
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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