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Entry no.
1988-0080

COSMOS 1646 DEB

COSMOS 1646 DEB (NORAD 18661) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 February 1988.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
18661
International designator
1985-030W
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
18 Apr 1985Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Feb 1988UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 years, 9 months1,030 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.1°N to 65.1°SFinal inclination 65.1°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 65.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.1°N and 65.1°S.

Life in orbit

COSMOS 1646 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 12 Feb 1988

4 entries
1988-0076DELTA 1 DEB1988-0077DELTA 1 DEB1988-0078SOLWIND DEB1988-0079COSMOS 1813 DEB

From the same launch

1985-030
1985-0091SL-11 R/B1988-0297COSMOS 1646
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