CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1989-0856
COSMOS 1461 DEB
COSMOS 1461 DEB (NORAD 17738) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 October 1989.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
17738
International designator
1983-044DB
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
7 May 1983Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Oct 1989UTC calendar day
Time since launch
6 years, 4 months2,340 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.9°N to 64.9°SFinal inclination 64.9°
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 64.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.9°N and 64.9°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 1461 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 2 Oct 1989
4 entriesFrom the same launch
1983-044Part of a fragment group
189 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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