CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1989-0234
COSMOS 1868
COSMOS 1868 (NORAD 18192) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 March 1989, after 1 year, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
18192
International designator
1987-061A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
14 Jul 1987Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Mar 1989UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 2 Mar 1989
Time in orbit
1 year, 7 months598 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
74.0°N to 74.0°SFinal inclination 74.0°
Mass
750 kg
Operator
PVO
Built by
YUZH?
Bus
Taifun-1B?
Programme
Yug
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 74.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 74.0°N and 74.0°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 7 monthsCOSMOS 1868’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 3 Mar 1989
7 entriesFrom the same launch
1987-061
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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