CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1987-0305
COSMOS 1863 DEB
COSMOS 1863 DEB (NORAD 18220) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 August 1987.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
18220
International designator
1987-056J
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
4 Jul 1987Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Aug 1987UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 month36 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
73.0°N to 73.0°SFinal inclination 73.0°
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 73.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 73.0°N and 73.0°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 9 Aug 1987
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1987-056
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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