CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2016-0208
COSMOS 2196
COSMOS 2196 (NORAD 22017) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 September 2016, after 24 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
22017
International designator
1992-040A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
8 Jul 1992Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Sep 2016UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
24 years, 2 months8,847 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
60.7°N to 60.7°SFinal inclination 60.7°
Mass
1,250 kg
Operator
PVO
Built by
Lavochkin / Kometa
Bus
Oko
Programme
Oko E
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 60.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 60.7°N and 60.7°S.
Life in orbit
24 years, 2 monthsCOSMOS 2196’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1992-040
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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