CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0416
COSMOS 1956
COSMOS 1956 (NORAD 19263) landed on 7 July 1988, after 14 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
19263
International designator
1988-055A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
23 Jun 1988Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
7 Jul 1988UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
14 days14 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
82.4°N to 82.4°SFinal inclination 82.4°
Mass
2,655 kg
Operator
UNKS
Built by
TsSKB
Bus
Oblik
Programme
Oblik
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 82.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.4°N and 82.4°S.
Life in orbit
14 daysAlso ended on 7 Jul 1988
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1988-055
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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