CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1987-0218
COSMOS 1848
COSMOS 1848 (NORAD 18017) landed on 11 June 1987, after 14 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
18017
International designator
1987-047A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
28 May 1987Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
11 Jun 1987UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
14 days14 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
72.9°N to 72.9°SFinal inclination 72.9°
Mass
2,655 kg
Operator
UNKS
Built by
TsSKB
Bus
Oblik
Programme
Oblik
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 72.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 72.9°N and 72.9°S.
Life in orbit
14 daysAlso ended on 11 Jun 1987
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1987-047
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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