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Entry no.
1988-0412

COSMOS 1942 DEB

COSMOS 1942 DEB (NORAD 19273) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 July 1988.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
19273
International designator
1988-037C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
12 May 1988Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Jul 1988UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 month54 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
67.1°N to 67.1°SFinal inclination 67.1°

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 67.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 67.1°N and 67.1°S.

Life in orbit

Also ended on 5 Jul 1988

5 entries
1988-0407COSMOS 1220 DEB1988-0408ARIANE 1 DEB1988-0409COSMOS 1813 DEB1988-0410COSMOS 1646 DEB1988-0411SOYUZ-TM 4 DEB

From the same launch

1988-037
1988-0311SL-4 R/B1988-0406COSMOS 1942
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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