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Entry no.
1987-0615
COSMOS 1896
COSMOS 1896 (NORAD 18535) landed on 25 December 1987, after 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
18535
International designator
1987-093A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
14 Nov 1987Baikonur Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
25 Dec 1987UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month41 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
64.8°N to 64.8°SFinal inclination 64.8°
Mass
2,720 kg
Operator
VTS SA
Built by
TsSKB
Bus
Yantar'-1KFT
Programme
Kometa
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 64.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.8°N and 64.8°S.
Life in orbit
1 monthCOSMOS 1896’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1987-093
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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