CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1987-0489
COSMOS 1887 DEB
COSMOS 1887 DEB (NORAD 18400) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 October 1987.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
18400
International designator
1987-083E
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
29 Sep 1987Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Oct 1987UTC calendar day
Time since launch
22 days22 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.8°N to 62.8°SFinal inclination 62.8°
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 62.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.8°N and 62.8°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 21 Oct 1987
1 entryFrom the same launch
1987-083
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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