CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2012-0337
COSMOS 2480
COSMOS 2480 (NORAD 38335) landed on 24 September 2012, after 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
38335
International designator
2012-024A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
17 May 2012Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
24 Sep 2012UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 months130 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
81.3°N to 81.3°SFinal inclination 81.3°
Mass
3,186 kg
Operator
VVKO
Built by
Arsenal
Bus
Yantar'-4K2M
Programme
Kobal't-M
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 81.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.3°N and 81.3°S.
Life in orbit
4 monthsCOSMOS 2480’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 24 Sep 2012
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2012-024
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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