CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2012-0238
COSMOS 1666 DEB
COSMOS 1666 DEB (NORAD 19241) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 July 2012.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
19241
International designator
1985-058C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
8 Jul 1985Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Jul 2012UTC calendar day
Time since launch
26 years, 11 months9,861 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 82.5°
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 82.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 1666 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 7 Jul 2012
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1985-058Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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