CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2010-0335
COSMOS 2217
COSMOS 2217 (NORAD 22189) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 November 2010, after 18 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
22189
International designator
1992-069A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
21 Oct 1992Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Nov 2010UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
18 years6,590 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
61.8°N to 61.8°SFinal inclination 61.8°
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 61.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 61.8°N and 61.8°S.
Life in orbit
18 yearsCOSMOS 2217’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 6 Nov 2010
1 entryFrom the same launch
1992-069
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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