CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1989-0451
COSMOS 1823 DEB
COSMOS 1823 DEB (NORAD 19159) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 April 1989.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
19159
International designator
1987-020BN
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
20 Feb 1987Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Apr 1989UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 1 Oct 1988
Time since launch
2 years, 2 months794 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
73.2°N to 73.2°SFinal inclination 73.2°
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 73.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 73.2°N and 73.2°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 1823 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 24 Apr 1989
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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