CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0514
KVANT 1 SERVICE POD
KVANT 1 SERVICE POD (NORAD 17851) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere after release from its host on 25 August 1988, after 1 year, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
17851
International designator
1987-030C
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
31 Mar 1987Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Aug 1988UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 4 months513 days
How it ended
Re-entered after release from its host
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
9,550 kg
Operator
NPO Energiya
Built by
ZIKh
Bus
77KS
Programme
TKS
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 51.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.6°N and 51.6°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 4 monthsKVANT 1 SERVICE POD’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 25 Aug 1988
4 entriesFrom the same launch
1987-030
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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