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Entry no.
2014-0675

COSMOS 2097

COSMOS 2097 (NORAD 20767) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 December 2014, after 24 years, 4 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
20767
International designator
1990-076A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
28 Aug 1990Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Dec 2014UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
24 years, 4 months8,888 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
60.4°N to 60.4°SFinal inclination 60.4°
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 60.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 60.4°N and 60.4°S.

Life in orbit

24 years, 4 months

COSMOS 2097’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 28 Dec 2014

4 entries
2014-0678FALCON 9 R/B2014-0674THORAD AGENA D DEB2014-0676COSMOS 2251 DEB2014-0677COSMOS 2251 DEB

From the same launch

1990-076
1990-0440SL-6 R/B(1)2008-0614SL-6 R/B(2)
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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