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Entry no.
1988-0873
COSMOS 1976 DEB
COSMOS 1976 DEB (NORAD 19617) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 December 1988.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
19617
International designator
1988-094F
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
13 Oct 1988Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Dec 1988UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 month58 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
COSMOS 1976 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 10 Dec 1988
10 entriesFrom the same launch
1988-094
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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