CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1987-0054
COSMOS 1736 DEB
COSMOS 1736 DEB (NORAD 16840) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 February 1987.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
16840
International designator
1986-024Y
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
21 Mar 1986Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Feb 1987UTC calendar day
Time since launch
11 months340 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.0°N to 65.0°SFinal inclination 65.0°
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 65.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.0°N and 65.0°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 1736 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 24 Feb 1987
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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