Re-entered 2008-06-03Debris

COSMOS 2421 DEB

NORAD: 32873
COSPAR: 2006-026DY

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Is it working?

Sources agree

Source	What it says	Date
CelesTrak SATCAT	Decayed or deorbited	2008-06-03
GCAT (J. McDowell)	Re-entered	2008-06-03

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Spacecraft

Built by: Arsenal Design Bureau
Owner: Russian Space Forces

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S32873, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 2006-06-25
Rocket: Tsiklon-2
Flight: Kosmos-2421
Mission name: US-PU/Konus-A
Launch site: GIK-5, LC90/20
Launched by: Russian Space Forces
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 2006-026

From the GCAT launch log, launch 2006-026, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 2006-06-25
Re-entered: 2008-06-03
Period: 89.1 min
Inclination: 65.07°
Apogee: 237 km
Perigee: 220 km
Radar cross-section: 0.0123 m²

From CelesTrak SATCAT, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Where it came from

Parent object: COSMOS 2421 (NORAD 29247)

The object this one was attached to at launch, or broke off from, as GCAT records it.