Kosmos 2495

 2014-025A

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The spacecraft appears to have been deorbited on Sep 2, with a reentry trail observed in Kazakhstan; however, an additional reentry was observed the next day over Colorado following the expected ground track of the satellite. It is possible that the service module failed to reenter immediately and remained in a low orbit for half a day.

K2493
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2014 May 6	1349:39	Launch by Soyuz-U	PL
	1354	Blok-A sep
	1359	Sep from Blok-I	89.11 176 x 285 x 81.41
2014 May 9		Peri raise	89.18 198 x 269 x 81.4
2014 May 15		Peri raise	89.14 210 x 253 x 81.41
2014 May 16			89.08 208 x 249 x 81.4
2014 May 21			88.83 200 x 232 x 81.4
2014 May 22		Orbit raise	89.22 205 x 266 x 81.4
2014 May 31			88.87 195 x 241 x 81.4
		Orbit raise	89.18 203 x 264 x 81.4
2014 Jun 6	0745?	Deorbit
	0808?	SpK 1 recovery (Notam)
2014 Jun 8			88.82 194 x 237 x 81.4
2014 Jun 9		Orbit raise	89.05 201 x 253 x 81.4
		Orbit raise	89.18 202 x 265 x 81.4
2014 Jun 17			88.75 190 x 234 x 81.4
2014 Jun 18		Orbit raise	89.19 205 x 262 x 81.4
2014 Jun 29			88.71 193 x 228 x 81.4
2014 Jun 30		Orbit raise	88.99 200 x 248 x 81.4
2014 Jul 3	0339?	Deorbit
	0402?	SpK2 recovery (per Notam)
2014 Jul 5			88.66 190 x 225 x 81.4
2014 Jul 6		Orbit raise	89.19 205 x 262 x 81.4
2014 Jul 9			89.01 201 x 250 x 81.4
2014 Sep 2
	1805?	Deorbit
	1806?	Deorbit premature cutoff?
	1814?	Parts reenter over Kazakhstan
	1828?	Landed
2014 Sep 3	0330?	Pass over Russia southbound
	0430?	Fireball observed over Colorado
	0500?	Pass over Russia?