CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0089
COSMOS 1588
COSMOS 1588 (NORAD 15167) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 February 1988, after 3 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
15167
International designator
1984-083A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
7 Aug 1984Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Feb 1988UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 6 months1,289 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.0°N to 65.0°SFinal inclination 65.0°
Mass
3,300 kg
Operator
Soviet Navy
Built by
Arsenal / Kometa
Bus
US-P
Programme
US-P
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
3 years, 6 monthsCOSMOS 1588’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Came down with COSMOS 1588
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1984-083
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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