CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0151
COSMOS 1906
COSMOS 1906 (NORAD 18713) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 March 1988, after 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
18713
International designator
1987-108A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
26 Dec 1987Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Mar 1988UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 months78 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.0°N to 83.0°SFinal inclination 83.0°
Mass
2,573 kg
Operator
Priroda
Built by
TsSKB
Bus
Resurs-F2
Programme
Resurs-F2
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 83.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.0°N and 83.0°S.
Life in orbit
2 monthsCOSMOS 1906’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 13 Mar 1988
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1987-108
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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