CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1992-0126
COSMOS 1985
COSMOS 1985 (NORAD 19720) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 May 1992, after 3 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
19720
International designator
1988-113A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
23 Dec 1988Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
4 May 1992UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 4 months1,228 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
73.5°N to 73.5°SFinal inclination 73.5°
Mass
1,450 kg
Operator
UNKS
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
Kol'tso
Programme
Koltso
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 73.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 73.5°N and 73.5°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 4 monthsCOSMOS 1985’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 4 May 1992
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1988-113
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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