CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2005-0194
COSMOS 1966
COSMOS 1966 (NORAD 19445) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 November 2005, after 17 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
19445
International designator
1988-076A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
30 Aug 1988Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Nov 2005UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
17 years, 2 months6,281 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.4°N to 62.4°SFinal inclination 62.4°
Mass
1,250 kg
Operator
PVO
Built by
Lavochkin / Kometa
Bus
Oko
Programme
Oko E
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 62.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.4°N and 62.4°S.
Life in orbit
17 years, 2 monthsCOSMOS 1966’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 10 Nov 2005
1 entryFrom the same launch
1988-076
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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