CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0785
KYOKKO 1 DEB
KYOKKO 1 DEB (NORAD 18816) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 November 1988.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
18816
International designator
1978-014G
Object type
Fragment
Country
Japan
Parent launched
4 Feb 1978Uchinoura
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Nov 1988UTC calendar day
Time since launch
10 years, 9 months3,932 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.1°N to 65.1°SFinal inclination 65.1°
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 65.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.1°N and 65.1°S.
Life in orbit
KYOKKO 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 10 Nov 1988
5 entriesFrom the same launch
1978-014Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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