CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1989-0995
COSMOS 1601
COSMOS 1601 (NORAD 15326) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 November 1989, after 5 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
15326
International designator
1984-104A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
27 Sep 1984Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Nov 1989UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 2 months1,889 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.8°N to 65.8°SFinal inclination 65.8°
Mass
1,045 kg
Operator
PVO
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
Romb
Programme
Taifun-2B
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 65.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.8°N and 65.8°S.
Life in orbit
5 years, 2 monthsCOSMOS 1601’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1984-1041988-0125Kosmos-1601 SS 21988-0138Kosmos-1601 SS 51988-0155Kosmos-1601 SS 101988-0156Kosmos-1601 SS 171988-0159Kosmos-1601 SS 41988-0165Kosmos-1601 SS 11988-0178Kosmos-1601 SS 151988-0187Kosmos-1601 SS 141988-0209Kosmos-1601 SS 71988-0221Kosmos-1601 SS 181988-0241Kosmos-1601 SS 211988-0244Kosmos-1601 SS 16
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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