CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2012-0024
COSMOS 2176
COSMOS 2176 (NORAD 21847) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 January 2012, after 19 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
21847
International designator
1992-003A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
24 Jan 1992Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Jan 2012UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
19 years, 11 months7,298 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.0°N to 62.0°SFinal inclination 62.0°
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 62.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.0°N and 62.0°S.
Life in orbit
19 years, 11 monthsCOSMOS 2176’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Jan 2012
1 entryFrom the same launch
1992-003
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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