CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1987-0349
COSMOS 1866 DEB
COSMOS 1866 DEB (NORAD 18286) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 August 1987.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
18286
International designator
1987-059E
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
9 Jul 1987Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Aug 1987UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 28 Aug 1987
Time since launch
1 month52 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
67.6°N to 67.6°SFinal inclination 67.6°
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 67.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 67.6°N and 67.6°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 1866 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 30 Aug 1987
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1987-059
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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