CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0804
COSMOS 1978 DEB
COSMOS 1978 DEB (NORAD 19629) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 November 1988.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
19629
International designator
1988-097E
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
27 Oct 1988Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Nov 1988UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 14 Nov 1988
Time since launch
19 days19 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
72.8°N to 72.8°SFinal inclination 72.8°
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 72.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 72.8°N and 72.8°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 15 Nov 1988
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1988-097
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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