CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2026-0406
COSMOS 1908
COSMOS 1908 (NORAD 18748) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 April 2026 over North America, after 38 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
18748
International designator
1988-001A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
6 Jan 1988Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Apr 2026Recorded time 00:06 UTC
Time in orbit
38 years, 3 months13,972 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.4°N to 82.4°SFinal inclination 82.4°
Mass
1,750 kg
Operator
GRU
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
Tselina-D
Programme
Tselina-D
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 51.0°N, 120.0°W at 00:06 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 82.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.4°N and 82.4°S.
Life in orbit
38 years, 3 monthsCOSMOS 1908’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Apr 2026
4 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™ on 7 November 2026.
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