CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0510
COSMOS 2519
COSMOS 2519 (NORAD 42798) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 December 2021, after 4 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
42798
International designator
2017-037A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
23 Jun 2017Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Dec 2021UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 6 months1,644 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.2°N to 82.2°SFinal inclination 97.8°
Mass
400 kg
Operator
TS VS RF
Built by
Lavochkin
Bus
Karat-200
Programme
Nivelir-L
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 97.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.2°N and 82.2°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 6 monthsCOSMOS 2519’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 23 Dec 2021
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2017-037
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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