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1989-0568

COSMOS 1461 DEB

COSMOS 1461 DEB (NORAD 18520) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 June 1989.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
18520
International designator
1983-044ET
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
7 May 1983Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Jun 1989UTC calendar day
Time since launch
6 years, 1 month2,232 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

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

Also ended on 16 Jun 1989

3 entries
1989-0570Kosmos-1985 SS 111989-0569H-1 R/B(2)1989-0567DMSP 5D-1 F3 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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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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