CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0982
COSMOS 2222
COSMOS 2222 (NORAD 22238) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 May 2023 over the South Pacific Ocean, after 30 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
22238
International designator
1992-081A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
25 Nov 1992Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
3 May 2023Recorded time 03:58 UTC
Time in orbit
30 years, 5 months11,116 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
59.6°N to 59.6°SFinal inclination 59.6°
Mass
1,250 kg
Operator
PVO
Built by
Lavochkin / Kometa
Bus
Oko
Programme
Oko E
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 50.0°S, 173.0°E at 03:58 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 59.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 59.6°N and 59.6°S.
Life in orbit
30 years, 5 monthsCOSMOS 2222’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 3 May 2023
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1992-081
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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