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Entry no.
1986-0122
COSMOS 1724
COSMOS 1724 (NORAD 16490) landed on 15 March 1986, after 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
16490
International designator
1986-004A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
15 Jan 1986Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
15 Mar 1986UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 months59 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
67.1°N to 67.1°SFinal inclination 67.1°
Mass
2,886 kg
Operator
GUKOS
Built by
TsSKB
Bus
Yantar'-4K2
Programme
Kobal't
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 67.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 67.1°N and 67.1°S.
Life in orbit
2 monthsCOSMOS 1724’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 15 Mar 1986
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1986-004
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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