CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1291
COSMOS 2543
COSMOS 2543 (NORAD 44835) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 August 2024, after 4 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
44835
International designator
2019-079D
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
25 Nov 2019Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Aug 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 9 months1,736 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.3°N to 82.3°SFinal inclination 97.7°
Mass
100 kg
Operator
TsNIIKhM
Built by
TsNIIKhM
Bus
Nivelir
Programme
Nivelir
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 97.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.3°N and 82.3°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 9 monthsCOSMOS 2543’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 26 Aug 2024
4 entriesFrom the same launch
2019-079
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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