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Entry no.
1983-0410
COSMOS 1496
COSMOS 1496 (NORAD 14326) landed on 19 October 1983, after 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
14326
International designator
1983-093A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
7 Sep 1983Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
19 Oct 1983UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month42 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
67.2°N to 67.2°SFinal inclination 67.2°
Mass
2,886 kg
Operator
GUKOS
Built by
TsSKB
Bus
Yantar'-4K1
Programme
Oktan
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 67.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 67.2°N and 67.2°S.
Life in orbit
1 monthCOSMOS 1496’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1983-093
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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