CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2019-0303
COSMOS 2422
COSMOS 2422 (NORAD 29260) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 November 2019 over the South Pacific Ocean, after 13 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
29260
International designator
2006-030A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
21 Jul 2006Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Nov 2019UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 22 Nov 2019
Time in orbit
13 years, 4 months4,873 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
63.1°N to 63.1°SFinal inclination 63.1°
Mass
1,900 kg
Operator
PVO
Built by
Lavochkin / Kometa
Bus
Oko
Programme
Oko E
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 29.0°S, 152.0°W. Its final orbit, inclined at 63.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 63.1°N and 63.1°S.
Life in orbit
13 years, 4 monthsCOSMOS 2422’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2006-030
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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