CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1985-0306
COSMOS 1678 DEB
COSMOS 1678 DEB (NORAD 16024) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 September 1985.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
16024
International designator
1985-077G
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
29 Aug 1985Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Sep 1985UTC calendar day
Time since launch
16 days16 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
Also ended on 14 Sep 1985
1 entryFrom the same launch
1985-077
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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