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Entry no.
1987-0458

COSMOS 1874 DEB

COSMOS 1874 DEB (NORAD 18368) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 October 1987.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
18368
International designator
1987-072C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
3 Sep 1987Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Oct 1987UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 month39 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 allowed
Exact 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

COSMOS 1874 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 12 Oct 1987

4 entries
1987-0459COSMOS 18871987-0456SOLWIND DEB1987-0457COSMOS 1866 DEB1987-0460COSMOS 1882 DEB

From the same launch

1987-072
1987-0381SL-4 R/B1987-0404COSMOS 1874
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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