CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1985-0240
COSMOS 1663 DEB
COSMOS 1663 DEB (NORAD 15883) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 July 1985.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
15883
International designator
1985-052H
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
21 Jun 1985Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Jul 1985UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 month36 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.3°N to 82.3°SFinal inclination 82.3°
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 82.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.3°N and 82.3°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 1663 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 27 Jul 1985
1 entryFrom the same launch
1985-052
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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