CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1984-0549
COSMOS 1609 DEB
COSMOS 1609 DEB (NORAD 15421) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 December 1984.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
15421
International designator
1984-117M
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
14 Nov 1984Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Dec 1984UTC calendar day
Time since launch
27 days27 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
72.7°N to 72.7°SFinal inclination 72.7°
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 72.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 72.7°N and 72.7°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 11 Dec 1984
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1984-117
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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