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2013-0315

COSMOS 2312

COSMOS 2312 (NORAD 23584) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 September 2013, after 18 years, 3 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
23584
International designator
1995-026A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
24 May 1995Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Sep 2013UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
18 years, 3 months6,697 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 allowed
Exact 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

18 years, 3 months

COSMOS 2312’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

From the same launch

1995-026
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