CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0240
COSMOS 1906 DEB
COSMOS 1906 DEB (NORAD 18974) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 April 1988.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
18974
International designator
1987-108AP
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
26 Dec 1987Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Apr 1988UTC calendar day
Time since launch
3 months108 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 82.7°
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 82.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.7°N and 82.7°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 1906 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 12 Apr 1988
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1987-108
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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