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Entry no.
2021-0154

MERIDIAN 2

MERIDIAN 2 (NORAD 35008) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 April 2021 over the Southern Ocean, after 11 years, 11 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
35008
International designator
2009-029A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
21 May 2009Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Apr 2021Recorded time 04:48 UTC
Time in orbit
11 years, 11 months4,355 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.9°N to 62.9°SFinal inclination 62.9°
Mass
2,000 kg
Operator
Resehetnev ISS
Built by
Resehetnev ISS
Bus
Meridian
Programme
Meridian

Where it came down

Recorded position

Recorded position 60.0°S, 147.0°E at 04:48 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 62.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.9°N and 62.9°S.

Life in orbit

11 years, 11 months

MERIDIAN 2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 23 Apr 2021

3 entries
2021-0155STARLINK-10452021-0152SL-6 R/B(2)2021-0153SL-8 R/B

From the same launch

2009-029
2020-0182FREGAT R/B
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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