CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1987-0627
COSMOS 1646 DEB
COSMOS 1646 DEB (NORAD 18652) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 December 1987.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
18652
International designator
1985-030M
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
18 Apr 1985Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Dec 1987UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 years, 8 months986 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.0°N to 65.0°SFinal inclination 65.0°
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 65.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.0°N and 65.0°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 1646 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 30 Dec 1987
1 entryFrom the same launch
1985-030
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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