CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2012-0044
COSMOS 2421 DEB
COSMOS 2421 DEB (NORAD 33102) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 January 2012.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
33102
International designator
2006-026LS
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
25 Jun 2006Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Jan 2012UTC calendar day
Time since launch
5 years, 7 months2,043 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.8°N to 64.8°SFinal inclination 64.8°
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
COSMOS 2421 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 28 Jan 2012
1 entryFrom 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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