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Entry no.
1988-0645

COSMOS 724 DEB

COSMOS 724 DEB (NORAD 18281) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 October 1988.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
18281
International designator
1975-025D
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
7 Apr 1975Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Oct 1988UTC calendar day
Time since launch
13 years, 5 months4,930 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.4°N to 65.4°SFinal inclination 65.4°

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 65.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.4°N and 65.4°S.

Life in orbit

COSMOS 724 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 5 Oct 1988

7 entries
1988-0640ARIANE 1 DEB1988-0641ARIANE 1 DEB1988-0642COSMOS 1813 DEB1988-0643SOLWIND DEB1988-0644ARIANE 1 DEB1988-0646ARIANE 1 DEB1988-0647MIR DEB
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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