CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1987-0492
COSMOS 1889
COSMOS 1889 (NORAD 18394) landed on 23 October 1987, after 14 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
18394
International designator
1987-085A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
9 Oct 1987Baikonur Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
23 Oct 1987UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
14 days14 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
70.0°N to 70.0°SFinal inclination 70.0°
Mass
2,655 kg
Operator
UNKS
Built by
TsSKB
Bus
Oblik
Programme
Oblik
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 70.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 70.0°N and 70.0°S.
Life in orbit
14 daysAlso ended on 23 Oct 1987
1 entryFrom the same launch
1987-085Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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