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Entry no.
1988-0140
COSMOS 1920
COSMOS 1920 (NORAD 18860) landed on 9 March 1988, after 20 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
18860
International designator
1988-010A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
18 Feb 1988Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
9 Mar 1988UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
20 days20 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 82.6°
Mass
2,555 kg
Operator
Priroda
Built by
TsSKB
Bus
Resurs-F1
Programme
Resurs-F1 B
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 82.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.6°N and 82.6°S.
Life in orbit
20 daysCOSMOS 1920’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 9 Mar 1988
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1988-010
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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