CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0212
COSMOS 1906 DEB
COSMOS 1906 DEB (NORAD 18893) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 April 1988.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
18893
International designator
1987-108AC
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
26 Dec 1987Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Apr 1988UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 6 Apr 1988
Time since launch
3 months100 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 82.5°
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 82.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 1906 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 4 Apr 1988
1 entryFrom the same launch
1987-108
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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