CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1984-0473
Kosmos-1453 SS 20
ESO
Kosmos-1453 SS 20 (NORAD 15020) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 October 1984, after 1 year, 5 months in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
15020
International designator
1983-034X
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
COSMOS 1453 DEBListed as a fragment
Country
USSR
Launched
19 Apr 1983Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Oct 1984UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 5 months544 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
74.0°N to 74.0°SFinal inclination 74.0°
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 74.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 74.0°N and 74.0°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 5 monthsKosmos-1453 SS 20’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 14 Oct 1984
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1983-0341984-0119Kosmos-1453 SS 11984-0131Kosmos-1453 SS 21984-0169Kosmos-1453 SS 61984-0229Kosmos-1453 SS 51984-0248Kosmos-1453 SS 71984-0257Kosmos-1453 SS 81984-0264Kosmos-1453 SS 31984-0369Kosmos-1453 SS 101984-0388Kosmos-1453 SS 91984-0482Kosmos-1453 SS 191984-0485Kosmos-1453 SS 181984-0495Kosmos-1453 SS 11
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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