CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1984-0139
Kosmos-1494 SS 15
ESO
Kosmos-1494 SS 15 (NORAD 14746) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 April 1984, after 7 months in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
14746
International designator
1983-091T
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
COSMOS 1494 DEBListed as a fragment
Country
USSR
Launched
31 Aug 1983Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Apr 1984UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 months217 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
50.7°N to 50.7°SFinal inclination 50.7°
Mass
5 kg
Operator
PVO
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
ESO
Programme
ESO
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 50.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 50.7°N and 50.7°S.
Life in orbit
7 monthsKosmos-1494 SS 15’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 4 Apr 1984
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1983-0911984-0132Kosmos-1494 SS 121984-0135Kosmos-1494 SS 141984-0138Kosmos-1494 SS 131984-0142Kosmos-1494 SS 21984-0143Kosmos-1494 SS 81984-0144Kosmos-1494 SS 161984-0145Kosmos-1494 SS 191984-0150Kosmos-1494 SS 51984-0151Kosmos-1494 SS 91984-0152Kosmos-1494 SS 111984-0153Kosmos-1494 SS 181984-0154Kosmos-1494 SS 20
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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