CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1986-0090
COSMOS 1728 DEB
COSMOS 1728 DEB (NORAD 16596) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 February 1986.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
16596
International designator
1986-009E
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
28 Jan 1986Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Feb 1986UTC calendar day
Time since launch
21 days21 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
From the same launch
1986-009
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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