CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1989-0301
Kosmos-1985 SS 5
ESO
Kosmos-1985 SS 5 (NORAD 19712) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 March 1989, after 2 months in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
19712
International designator
1988-113F
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
COSMOS 1985 DEBListed as a fragment
Country
USSR
Launched
23 Dec 1988Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Mar 1989UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 months81 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
73.6°N to 73.6°SFinal inclination 73.6°
Mass
5 kg
Operator
PVO
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
ESO
Programme
ESO
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 73.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 73.6°N and 73.6°S.
Life in orbit
2 monthsKosmos-1985 SS 5’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 14 Mar 1989
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1988-113
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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