CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0155
Kosmos-1601 SS 10
ESO
Kosmos-1601 SS 10 (NORAD 15989) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 March 1988, after 3 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
15989
International designator
1984-104R
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
COSMOS 1601 DEBListed as a fragment
Country
USSR
Launched
27 Sep 1984Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Mar 1988UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 5 months1,267 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.8°N to 65.8°SFinal inclination 65.8°
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 65.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.8°N and 65.8°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 5 monthsKosmos-1601 SS 10’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Mar 1988
1 entryFrom the same launch
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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