CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1989-0340
COSMOS 1823 DEB
COSMOS 1823 DEB (NORAD 18741) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 March 1989.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
18741
International designator
1987-020U
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
20 Feb 1987Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Mar 1989UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 years, 1 month761 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
73.3°N to 73.3°SFinal inclination 73.3°
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 73.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 73.3°N and 73.3°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 1823 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 22 Mar 1989
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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