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Entry no.
1988-0498
COSMOS 1955
COSMOS 1955 (NORAD 19258) landed on 20 August 1988, after 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
19258
International designator
1988-054A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
22 Jun 1988Baikonur Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
20 Aug 1988UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month59 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
64.7°N to 64.7°SFinal inclination 64.7°
Mass
2,886 kg
Operator
UNKS
Built by
TsSKB
Bus
Yantar'-4K2
Programme
Kobal't
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 64.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.7°N and 64.7°S.
Life in orbit
1 monthCOSMOS 1955’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Aug 1988
1 entryFrom the same launch
1988-054
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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