CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1987-0009
COSMOS 1781 DEB
COSMOS 1781 DEB (NORAD 16992) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 January 1987.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
16992
International designator
1986-072H
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
17 Sep 1986Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Jan 1987UTC calendar day
Time since launch
3 months118 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
70.3°N to 70.3°SFinal inclination 70.3°
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 70.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 70.3°N and 70.3°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 1781 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 13 Jan 1987
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1986-072
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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