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Entry no.
1989-0538

COSMOS 1461 DEB

COSMOS 1461 DEB (NORAD 15717) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 June 1989.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
15717
International designator
1983-044AJ
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
7 May 1983Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Jun 1989UTC calendar day
Time since launch
6 years2,219 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.8°N to 64.8°SFinal inclination 64.8°

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 64.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.8°N and 64.8°S.

Life in orbit

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

Also ended on 3 Jun 1989

7 entries
1989-0542SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)1989-0537COSMOS 1220 DEB1989-0539ARIANE 1 DEB1989-0540ARIANE 1 DEB1989-0541ARIANE 1 DEB1989-0543SL-4 DEB1989-0544SL-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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