CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1989-1050
COSMOS 1979
COSMOS 1979 (NORAD 19647) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 December 1989, after 1 year, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
19647
International designator
1988-101A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
18 Nov 1988Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Dec 1989UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 1 month402 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.9°N to 64.9°SFinal inclination 64.9°
Mass
3,300 kg
Operator
Soviet Navy
Built by
Arsenal / Kometa
Bus
US-P
Programme
US-PM
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
1 year, 1 monthCOSMOS 1979’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 25 Dec 1989
1 entryFrom the same launch
1988-101
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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