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Entry no.
1988-0230

COSMOS 1781 DEB

COSMOS 1781 DEB (NORAD 16988) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 April 1988.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
16988
International designator
1986-072D
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
17 Sep 1986Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Apr 1988UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 year, 6 months570 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
70.3°N to 70.3°SFinal inclination 70.3°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 70.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 70.3°N and 70.3°S.

Life in orbit

COSMOS 1781 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 9 Apr 1988

3 entries
1988-0231SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)1988-0232COSMOS 1907 DEB1988-0233SL-6 PLAT

From the same launch

1986-072
1986-0385COSMOS 17811986-0392SL-4 R/B
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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