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Entry no.
1992-0276
ALMAZ 1
ALMAZ 1 (NORAD 21213) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry on 17 October 1992, after 1 year, 6 months in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
21213
International designator
1991-024A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
31 Mar 1991Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Oct 1992UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 6 months566 days
How it ended
Deorbited (controlled re-entry)
Latitude range
72.6°N to 72.6°SFinal inclination 72.6°
Mass
18,500 kg
Operator
ZIKh
Built by
ZIKh
Bus
Almaz
Programme
Mech
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 72.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 72.6°N and 72.6°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 6 monthsALMAZ 1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1991-024
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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