CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1987-0330
COSMOS 1866 DEB
COSMOS 1866 DEB (NORAD 18287) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 August 1987.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
18287
International designator
1987-059F
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
9 Jul 1987Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Aug 1987UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 month40 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
67.4°N to 67.4°SFinal inclination 67.4°
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 67.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 67.4°N and 67.4°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 1866 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1987-059
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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