CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2015-0467
GRUZOMAKET
GRUZOMAKET (NORAD 28098) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 December 2015, after 12 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
28098
International designator
2003-055A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
5 Dec 2003Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Dec 2015UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
12 years4,393 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
67.1°N to 67.1°SFinal inclination 67.1°
Mass
978 kg
Operator
NPO Mash
Built by
NPOMA?
Bus
Kondor
Programme
Kondor
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 67.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 67.1°N and 67.1°S.
Life in orbit
12 yearsGRUZOMAKET’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 15 Dec 2015
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2003-055
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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