CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2011-0497
KOMPASS-2
KOMPASS-2 (NORAD 29157) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 December 2011, after 5 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
29157
International designator
2006-019A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
26 May 2006Submarine launch
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Dec 2011UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 7 months2,042 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
78.9°N to 78.9°SFinal inclination 78.9°
Mass
80 kg
Operator
IZMIRAN / Makeev
Built by
Makeev
Bus
Shtil
Programme
Kompas
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 78.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 78.9°N and 78.9°S.
Life in orbit
5 years, 7 monthsKOMPASS-2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 28 Dec 2011
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2006-019
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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