CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0117
COSMOS 1916
COSMOS 1916 (NORAD 18823) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 February 1988, after 26 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
18823
International designator
1988-007A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
3 Feb 1988Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Feb 1988UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
26 days26 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.9°N to 64.9°SFinal inclination 64.9°
Mass
2,886 kg
Operator
UNKS
Built by
TsSKB
Bus
Yantar'-4K2
Programme
Kobal't
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 64.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.9°N and 64.9°S.
Life in orbit
26 daysCOSMOS 1916’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1988-007
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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