CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0101
COSMOS 1915 DEB
COSMOS 1915 DEB (NORAD 18852) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 February 1988.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
18852
International designator
1988-004E
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
26 Jan 1988Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Feb 1988UTC calendar day
Time since launch
26 days26 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
72.9°N to 72.9°SFinal inclination 72.9°
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 72.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 72.9°N and 72.9°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 21 Feb 1988
4 entriesFrom the same launch
1988-004Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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