CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2011-0260
COSMOS 2388
COSMOS 2388 (NORAD 27409) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 September 2011, after 9 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
27409
International designator
2002-017A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
1 Apr 2002Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Sep 2011UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
9 years, 5 months3,453 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.8°N to 64.8°SFinal inclination 64.8°
Mass
1,900 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 64.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.8°N and 64.8°S.
Life in orbit
9 years, 5 monthsCOSMOS 2388’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2002-017
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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