CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1987-0153
COSMOS 1682 DEB
COSMOS 1682 DEB (NORAD 17280) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 April 1987.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
17280
International designator
1985-082L
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
19 Sep 1985Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Apr 1987UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 year, 7 months585 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 allowedExact 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 27 Apr 1987
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1985-082
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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