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Entry no.
1978-0094

COSMOS 988 DEB

COSMOS 988 DEB (NORAD 10679) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 March 1978.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
10679
International designator
1978-015E
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
8 Feb 1978Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Mar 1978UTC calendar day
Time since launch
22 days22 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—

Where it came down

Not on record

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.

Life in orbit

Also ended on 2 Mar 1978

1 entry
1978-0093SL-8 DEB *

From the same launch

1978-015
1978-0067SL-4 R/B1978-0073COSMOS 988
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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