CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1991-0343
COSMOS 1823 DEB
COSMOS 1823 DEB (NORAD 20126) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 August 1991.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
20126
International designator
1987-020DC
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
20 Feb 1987Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Aug 1991UTC calendar day
Time since launch
4 years, 5 months1,640 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
73.0°N to 73.0°SFinal inclination 73.0°
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 73.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 73.0°N and 73.0°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 1823 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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