CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1985-0321
COSMOS 1494
COSMOS 1494 (NORAD 14316) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 September 1985, after 2 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
14316
International designator
1983-091A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
31 Aug 1983Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Sep 1985UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years757 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
50.6°N to 50.6°SFinal inclination 50.6°
Mass
1,045 kg
Operator
PVO
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
Romb
Programme
Taifun-2V
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 50.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 50.6°N and 50.6°S.
Life in orbit
2 yearsCOSMOS 1494’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 26 Sep 1985
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1983-0911984-0132Kosmos-1494 SS 121984-0135Kosmos-1494 SS 141984-0138Kosmos-1494 SS 131984-0139Kosmos-1494 SS 151984-0142Kosmos-1494 SS 21984-0143Kosmos-1494 SS 81984-0144Kosmos-1494 SS 161984-0145Kosmos-1494 SS 191984-0150Kosmos-1494 SS 51984-0151Kosmos-1494 SS 91984-0152Kosmos-1494 SS 111984-0153Kosmos-1494 SS 18
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/1985-0321
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/1985-0321
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.