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Entry no.
1987-0319

COSMOS 1461 DEB

COSMOS 1461 DEB (NORAD 15711) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 August 1987.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
15711
International designator
1983-044AE
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
7 May 1983Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Aug 1987UTC calendar day
Time since launch
4 years, 3 months1,561 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.3°N to 65.3°SFinal inclination 65.3°

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 65.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.3°N and 65.3°S.

Life in orbit

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

Also ended on 15 Aug 1987

5 entries
1987-0324SL-6 R/B(1)1987-0320COSMOS 1736 DEB1987-0321SOLWIND DEB1987-0322SOLWIND DEB1987-0323SL-6 PLAT

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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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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