Kosmos 1906

 1987-108A

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The first 17F42, Resurs F-2 No. 1, was launched in Dec 1987 and named Kosmos-1906. After 36 days in space attempts at recovery failed and the descent module (spusakaemiy apparat) exploded, probably as a result of a commanded destruction.

Kosmos-1906
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1987 Dec 26	1130	Launch by Soyuz-U	PL LC16
	1139	Blok-I sep	88.75 181 x 245 x 82.6
1987 Dec 27			178 x 242 x 82.5
1987 Dec 28		Orbit raise	89.85 258 x 277 x 82.6
1988 Jan 17			251 x 270 x 82.6
1988 Jan 25			248 x 268 x 82.6
1988 Jan 26			89.65 248 x 267 x 82.6
1988 Jan 31	1109?	end of ops
1988 Feb 5		Fragments tracked
1988 Feb 10			91.28 238 x 437 x 83.0