CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1987-0152
Kosmos-1662 SS 8
ESO
Kosmos-1662 SS 8 (NORAD 16606) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 April 1987, after 1 year, 10 months in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
16606
International designator
1985-050P
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
COSMOS 1662 DEBListed as a fragment
Country
USSR
Launched
19 Jun 1985Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Apr 1987UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 10 months677 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.7°N to 65.7°SFinal inclination 65.7°
Mass
5 kg
Operator
PVO
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
ESO
Programme
ESO
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 65.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.7°N and 65.7°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 10 monthsKosmos-1662 SS 8’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 27 Apr 1987
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1985-0501986-0396Kosmos-1662 SS 31986-0407Kosmos-1662 SS 21986-0505Kosmos-1662 SS 61986-0530Kosmos-1662 SS 11987-0014Kosmos-1662 SS 41987-0107Kosmos-1662 SS 51987-0120Kosmos-1662 SS 101987-0163Kosmos-1662 SS 71987-0169Kosmos-1662 SS 91987-0370Kosmos-1662 SS 131987-0371Kosmos-1662 SS 151987-0384Kosmos-1662 SS 16
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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