CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1989-0956
COSMOS 1691 DEB
COSMOS 1691 DEB (NORAD 16265) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 November 1989.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
16265
International designator
1985-094J
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
9 Oct 1985Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Nov 1989UTC calendar day
Time since launch
4 years, 1 month1,496 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.4°N to 82.4°SFinal inclination 82.4°
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 82.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.4°N and 82.4°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 1691 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 13 Nov 1989
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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