CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0777
COSMOS 1956 DEB
COSMOS 1956 DEB (NORAD 19278) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 November 1988.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
19278
International designator
1988-055C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
23 Jun 1988Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Nov 1988UTC calendar day
Time since launch
4 months138 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.3°N to 82.3°SFinal inclination 82.3°
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 82.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.3°N and 82.3°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 1956 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Nov 1988
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1988-055
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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