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Entry no.
1987-0284

COSMOS 1461 DEB

COSMOS 1461 DEB (NORAD 15689) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 July 1987.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
15689
International designator
1983-044S
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
7 May 1983Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Jul 1987UTC calendar day
Time since launch
4 years, 2 months1,539 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.3°N to 64.3°SFinal inclination 64.3°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 64.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.3°N and 64.3°S.

Life in orbit

COSMOS 1461 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 24 Jul 1987

2 entries
1987-0286SL-4 R/B1987-0285COSMOS 1813 DEB

From the same launch

1983-044
1983-0182SL-11 R/B

Part of a fragment group

189 on record
189One of 189 fragments of Cosmos 1461 on record →
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