CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1985-0387
COSMOS 1623 DEB
COSMOS 1623 DEB (NORAD 15498) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 November 1985.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
15498
International designator
1985-005C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
16 Jan 1985Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Nov 1985UTC calendar day
Time since launch
9 months297 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
69.9°N to 69.9°SFinal inclination 69.9°
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 69.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 69.9°N and 69.9°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 1623 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 9 Nov 1985
1 entryFrom the same launch
1985-005
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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