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Entry no.
1988-0863

COSMOS 1981

COSMOS 1981 (NORAD 19651) landed on 8 December 1988, after 14 days in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
19651
International designator
1988-103A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
24 Nov 1988Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
8 Dec 1988UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
14 days14 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
62.8°N to 62.8°SFinal inclination 62.8°
Mass
2,655 kg
Operator
UNKS
Built by
TsSKB
Bus
Oblik
Programme
Oblik

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 62.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.8°N and 62.8°S.

Life in orbit

14 days

Also ended on 8 Dec 1988

2 entries
1988-0861UKS 1 (AMPTE)1988-0862MIR DEB

From the same launch

1988-103
1988-0874SL-4 R/B
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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