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Entry no.
1987-0079

COSMOS 1682 DEB

COSMOS 1682 DEB (NORAD 17278) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 March 1987.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
17278
International designator
1985-082J
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
19 Sep 1985Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Mar 1987UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 year, 5 months538 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.1°N to 65.1°SFinal inclination 65.1°

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 65.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.1°N and 65.1°S.

Life in orbit

COSMOS 1682 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 11 Mar 1987

3 entries
1987-0078SOLWIND DEB1987-0080COSMOS 1822 DEB1987-0081COSMOS 1822 DEB

From the same launch

1985-082
1985-0314SL-11 R/B1988-0312COSMOS 1682
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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