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Entry no.
1988-0868

COSMOS 1461 DEB

COSMOS 1461 DEB (NORAD 16781) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 December 1988.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
16781
International designator
1983-044BY
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
7 May 1983Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Dec 1988UTC calendar day
Time since launch
5 years, 7 months2,044 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.0°N to 65.0°SFinal inclination 65.0°

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 65.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.0°N and 65.0°S.

Life in orbit

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

Also ended on 10 Dec 1988

10 entries
1988-0872SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)1988-0874SL-4 R/B1988-0875SL-4 R/B1988-0867COSMOS 249 DEB1988-0869ARIANE 1 DEB1988-0870ARIANE 1 DEB1988-0871SOLWIND DEB1988-0873COSMOS 1976 DEB1988-0876SL-4 DEB1988-0877SL-4 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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