CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1987-0159
COSMOS 1837 DEB
COSMOS 1837 DEB (NORAD 17916) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 May 1987.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
17916
International designator
1987-035E
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
22 Apr 1987Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
2 May 1987UTC calendar day
Time since launch
10 days10 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.3°N to 82.3°SFinal inclination 82.3°
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 82.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.3°N and 82.3°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 2 May 1987
1 entryFrom the same launch
1987-035
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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