CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1773
COSMOS 2542
COSMOS 2542 (NORAD 44797) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 October 2023 over Asia, after 3 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
44797
International designator
2019-079A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
25 Nov 2019Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Oct 2023Recorded time 10:07 UTC
Time in orbit
3 years, 10 months1,429 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.4°N to 82.4°SFinal inclination 97.6°
Mass
400 kg
Operator
TS VS RF
Built by
Lavochkin
Bus
14F150
Programme
Nivelir-L
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 52.0°N, 50.0°E at 10:07 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 97.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.4°N and 82.4°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 10 monthsCOSMOS 2542’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Came down with COSMOS 2542
1 entryFrom the same launch
2019-079
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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