CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0951
COSMOS 1902
COSMOS 1902 (NORAD 18668) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 December 1988, after 1 year in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
18668
International designator
1987-103A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
15 Dec 1987Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Dec 1988UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year381 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.8°N to 65.8°SFinal inclination 65.8°
Mass
570 kg
Operator
PVO
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
Vektor
Programme
Vektor2
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 65.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.8°N and 65.8°S.
Life in orbit
1 yearCOSMOS 1902’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 30 Dec 1988
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1987-103
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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