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Entry no.
1989-0059

COSMOS 1461 DEB

COSMOS 1461 DEB (NORAD 15692) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 January 1989.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
15692
International designator
1983-044V
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
7 May 1983Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Jan 1989UTC calendar day
Time since launch
5 years, 8 months2,082 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 17 Jan 1989

9 entries
1989-0058COSMOS 1174 DEB1989-0060SOLWIND DEB1989-0061ARIANE 1 DEB1989-0062ARIANE 1 DEB1989-0063COSMOS 1813 DEB1989-0064COSMOS 1813 DEB1989-0065ARIANE 1 DEB1989-0066COSMOS 1220 DEB1989-0067MIR 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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