CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0249
COSMOS 1682 DEB
COSMOS 1682 DEB (NORAD 17841) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 April 1988.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
17841
International designator
1985-082X
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
19 Sep 1985Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Apr 1988UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 19 Apr 1988
Time since launch
2 years, 6 months942 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.0°N to 65.0°SFinal inclination 65.0°
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 65.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.0°N and 65.0°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 1682 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 Apr 1988
1 entryFrom the same launch
1985-082
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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