CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1990-0256
COSMOS 1823 DEB
COSMOS 1823 DEB (NORAD 20154) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 May 1990.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
20154
International designator
1987-020DE
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
20 Feb 1987Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
16 May 1990UTC calendar day
Time since launch
3 years, 2 months1,181 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
73.4°N to 73.4°SFinal inclination 73.4°
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 73.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 73.4°N and 73.4°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 1823 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 16 May 1990
3 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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