CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1989-1043
COSMOS 1823 DEB
COSMOS 1823 DEB (NORAD 19957) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 December 1989.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
19957
International designator
1987-020CV
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
20 Feb 1987Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Dec 1989UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 years, 10 months1,035 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
73.8°N to 73.8°SFinal inclination 73.8°
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 73.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 73.8°N and 73.8°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 1823 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 21 Dec 1989
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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