CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1987-0122
COSMOS 1826 DEB
COSMOS 1826 DEB (NORAD 17787) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 April 1987.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
17787
International designator
1987-025H
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
11 Mar 1987Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Apr 1987UTC calendar day
Time since launch
28 days28 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
73.3°N to 73.3°SFinal inclination 73.3°
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 73.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 73.3°N and 73.3°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 8 Apr 1987
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1987-025
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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