CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1985-0068
COSMOS 1461 DEB
COSMOS 1461 DEB (NORAD 15601) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 March 1985.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
15601
International designator
1983-044C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
7 May 1983Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Mar 1985UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 year, 10 months686 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.8°N to 64.8°SFinal inclination 64.8°
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 64.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.8°N and 64.8°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 23 Mar 1985
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1983-044Part of a fragment group
189 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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