CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1987-0353
COSMOS 1872 DEB
COSMOS 1872 DEB (NORAD 18323) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 August 1987.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
18323
International designator
1987-069E
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
19 Aug 1987Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Aug 1987UTC calendar day
Time since launch
12 days12 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
72.9°N to 72.9°SFinal inclination 72.9°
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
Also ended on 31 Aug 1987
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1987-069
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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