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Entry no.
1988-0794

COSMOS 1978 DEB

COSMOS 1978 DEB (NORAD 19628) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 November 1988.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
19628
International designator
1988-097D
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
27 Oct 1988Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Nov 1988UTC calendar day
Time since launch
16 days16 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
72.9°N to 72.9°SFinal inclination 72.9°

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 72.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 72.9°N and 72.9°S.

Life in orbit

Also ended on 12 Nov 1988

3 entries
1988-0791THORAD AGENA D DEB1988-0792ARIANE 1 DEB1988-0793COSMOS 1978 DEB

From the same launch

1988-097
1988-0757SL-4 R/B1988-0788COSMOS 1978
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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