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Entry no.
1987-0600
COSMOS 1893
COSMOS 1893 (NORAD 18432) landed on 16 December 1987, after 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
18432
International designator
1987-089A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
22 Oct 1987Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
16 Dec 1987UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month55 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
67.1°N to 67.1°SFinal inclination 67.1°
Mass
2,886 kg
Operator
UNKS
Built by
TsSKB
Bus
Yantar'-4K2
Programme
Kobal't
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 67.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 67.1°N and 67.1°S.
Life in orbit
1 monthCOSMOS 1893’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1987-089
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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