CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1987-0363
COSMOS 1804 DEB
COSMOS 1804 DEB (NORAD 17243) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 September 1987.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
17243
International designator
1986-095C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
4 Dec 1986Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Sep 1987UTC calendar day
Time since launch
9 months274 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
69.9°N to 69.9°SFinal inclination 69.9°
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 69.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 69.9°N and 69.9°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 1804 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 4 Sep 1987
1 entryFrom the same launch
1986-095
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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