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Entry no.
1987-0001

COSMOS 1789 DEB

COSMOS 1789 DEB (NORAD 17076) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 January 1987.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
17076
International designator
1986-084G
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
31 Oct 1986Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Jan 1987UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 months64 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 82.6°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 82.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.6°N and 82.6°S.

Life in orbit

COSMOS 1789 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

From the same launch

1986-084
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