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Entry no.
2022-0443

COSMOS 2241

COSMOS 2241 (NORAD 22594) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 March 2022 over the North Atlantic Ocean, after 28 years, 11 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
22594
International designator
1993-022A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
6 Apr 1993Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Mar 2022Recorded time 16:29 UTC
Time in orbit
28 years, 11 months10,563 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
61.1°N to 61.1°SFinal inclination 61.1°
Mass
1,250 kg
Operator
PVO
Built by
Lavochkin / Kometa
Bus
Oko
Programme
Oko E

Where it came down

Recorded position

Recorded position 56.0°N, 79.0°W at 16:29 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 61.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 61.1°N and 61.1°S.

Life in orbit

28 years, 11 months

COSMOS 2241’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 8 Mar 2022

5 entries
2022-0444DEMI2022-0447FALCON 9 R/B2022-0445INSPIRATION-4 DEB2022-0446COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-0448COSMOS 1408 DEB

From the same launch

1993-022
1993-0096SL-6 R/B(1)2009-0043SL-6 R/B(2)
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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