CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0338
COSMOS 1682 DEB
COSMOS 1682 DEB (NORAD 18280) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 May 1988.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
18280
International designator
1985-082Y
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
19 Sep 1985Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
31 May 1988UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 years, 8 months985 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.9°N to 64.9°SFinal inclination 64.9°
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 64.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.9°N and 64.9°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 1682 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 31 May 1988
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1985-082
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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