CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1989-0431
COSMOS 1588 DEB *
COSMOS 1588 DEB * (NORAD 16673) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 April 1989.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
16673
International designator
1984-083AE
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
7 Aug 1984Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Apr 1989UTC calendar day
Time since launch
4 years, 8 months1,715 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.8°N to 64.8°SFinal inclination 64.8°
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 64.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.8°N and 64.8°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 1588 DEB *’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 Apr 1989
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1984-083
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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