CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1987-0138
COSMOS 1824
COSMOS 1824 (NORAD 17559) landed on 22 April 1987, after 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
17559
International designator
1987-021A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
26 Feb 1987Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
22 Apr 1987UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month55 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
67.1°N to 67.1°SFinal inclination 67.1°
Mass
2,886 kg
Operator
UNKS
Built by
TsSKB
Bus
Yantar'-4K2
Programme
Kobal't
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 67.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 67.1°N and 67.1°S.
Life in orbit
1 monthCOSMOS 1824’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1987-021
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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