CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0241
MERIDIAN 1
MERIDIAN 1 (NORAD 29668) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 July 2021, after 14 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
29668
International designator
2006-061A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
24 Dec 2006Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Jul 2021UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
14 years, 6 months5,308 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
61.2°N to 61.2°SFinal inclination 61.2°
Mass
2,000 kg
Operator
KVR
Built by
Resehetnev ISS
Bus
Meridian
Programme
Meridian
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 61.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 61.2°N and 61.2°S.
Life in orbit
14 years, 6 monthsMERIDIAN 1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 6 Jul 2021
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2006-061
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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