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Entry no.
1988-0934

COSMOS 1461 DEB

COSMOS 1461 DEB (NORAD 18868) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 December 1988.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
18868
International designator
1983-044EZ
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
7 May 1983Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Dec 1988UTC calendar day
Time since launch
5 years, 7 months2,060 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—

Where it came down

Not on record

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.

Life in orbit

Also ended on 26 Dec 1988

2 entries
1988-0932OHZORA (EXOS C)1988-0933COSMOS 1890

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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