CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1986-0389
COSMOS 1731
COSMOS 1731 (NORAD 16589) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry on 3 October 1986, after 7 months in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
16589
International designator
1986-013A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
7 Feb 1986Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Oct 1986UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 months238 days
How it ended
Deorbited (controlled re-entry)
Latitude range
64.7°N to 64.7°SFinal inclination 64.7°
Mass
3,390 kg
Operator
GUKOS
Built by
TsSKB
Bus
Yantar'-4KS1
Programme
Neman
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 64.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.7°N and 64.7°S.
Life in orbit
7 monthsCOSMOS 1731’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 3 Oct 1986
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1986-013
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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