CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1986-0391
COSMOS 1740 DEB
COSMOS 1740 DEB (NORAD 16698) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 October 1986.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
16698
International designator
1986-029G
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
15 Apr 1986Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Oct 1986UTC calendar day
Time since launch
5 months175 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
72.9°N to 72.9°SFinal inclination 72.9°
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 72.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 72.9°N and 72.9°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 1740 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 7 Oct 1986
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1986-029
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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