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Entry no.
1978-0191

COSMOS 1002 DEB

COSMOS 1002 DEB (NORAD 10790) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 April 1978.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
10790
International designator
1978-037C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
6 Apr 1978Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Apr 1978UTC calendar day
Time since launch
18 days18 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.0°N to 65.0°SFinal inclination 65.0°

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 65.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.0°N and 65.0°S.

Life in orbit

Also ended on 24 Apr 1978

4 entries
1978-0189COSMOS 8491978-0190SALYUT 6 DEB1978-0192COSMOS 1002 DEB1978-0193COSMOS 999 DEB

From the same launch

1978-037
1978-0159SL-4 R/B1978-0185COSMOS 1002
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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