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Entry no.
2025-0035

COSMOS 2568

COSMOS 2568 (NORAD 56091) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 January 2025, after 1 year, 9 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
56091
International designator
2023-045A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
29 Mar 2023Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Jan 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 9 months646 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.7°N to 83.7°SFinal inclination 96.3°
Mass
520 kg
Operator
MO RF
Built by
VNIIEM
Bus
EMKA
Programme
EMKA

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 96.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.7°N and 83.7°S.

Life in orbit

1 year, 9 months

COSMOS 2568’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 3 Jan 2025

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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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