CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1985-0220
Kosmos-1501 SS 11
ESO
Kosmos-1501 SS 11 (NORAD 15374) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 July 1985, after 1 year, 9 months in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
15374
International designator
1983-101N
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
COSMOS 1501 DEBListed as a fragment
Country
USSR
Launched
30 Sep 1983Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Jul 1985UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 9 months650 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.9°N to 82.9°SFinal inclination 82.9°
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 82.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.9°N and 82.9°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 9 monthsKosmos-1501 SS 11’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1983-1011984-0198Kosmos-1501 SS 11984-0201Kosmos-1501 SS 21984-0389Kosmos-1501 SS 31984-0400Kosmos-1501 SS 41985-0034Kosmos-1501 SS 61985-0048Kosmos-1501 SS 51985-0208Kosmos-1501 SS 121985-0342Kosmos-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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