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Entry no.
1983-0023
COSMOS 1402 FUEL CORE
COSMOS 1402 FUEL CORE (NORAD 13748) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 February 1983.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
13748
International designator
1982-084C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
30 Aug 1982Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Feb 1983UTC calendar day
Time since launch
5 months161 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.0°N to 65.0°SFinal inclination 65.0°
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 65.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.0°N and 65.0°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 1402 FUEL CORE’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 7 Feb 1983
1 entryFrom the same launch
1982-084
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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