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Entry no.
2001-0145

COSMOS 1569

COSMOS 1569 (NORAD 15027) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 May 2001, after 16 years, 11 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
15027
International designator
1984-055A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
6 Jun 1984Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
7 May 2001UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
16 years, 11 months6,179 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.2°N to 62.2°SFinal inclination 62.2°
Mass
1,250 kg
Operator
PVO
Built by
Lavochkin / Kometa
Bus
Oko
Programme
Oko E

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 62.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.2°N and 62.2°S.

Life in orbit

16 years, 11 months

COSMOS 1569’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

From the same launch

1984-055
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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