CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1984-0389
Kosmos-1501 SS 3
ESO
Kosmos-1501 SS 3 (NORAD 14947) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 September 1984, after 11 months in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
14947
International designator
1983-101E
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
COSMOS 1501 DEBListed as a fragment
Country
USSR
Launched
30 Sep 1983Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Sep 1984UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
11 months341 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.8°N to 82.8°SFinal inclination 82.8°
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 82.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.8°N and 82.8°S.
Life in orbit
11 monthsKosmos-1501 SS 3’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 5 Sep 1984
7 entriesFrom the same launch
1983-1011984-0198Kosmos-1501 SS 11984-0201Kosmos-1501 SS 21984-0400Kosmos-1501 SS 41985-0034Kosmos-1501 SS 61985-0048Kosmos-1501 SS 51985-0208Kosmos-1501 SS 121985-0220Kosmos-1501 SS 111985-0342Kosmos-1501 SS 151985-0374Kosmos-1501 SS 201985-0399Kosmos-1501 SS 181985-0437Kosmos-1501 SS 191985-0442Kosmos-1501 SS 17
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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