CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1987-0309
COSMOS 1682 DEB
COSMOS 1682 DEB (NORAD 17840) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 August 1987.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
17840
International designator
1985-082W
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
19 Sep 1985Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Aug 1987UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 year, 10 months691 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.0°N to 65.0°SFinal inclination 65.0°
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 65.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.0°N and 65.0°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 1682 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 11 Aug 1987
1 entryFrom the same launch
1985-082
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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