CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2001-0148
COSMOS 1701
COSMOS 1701 (NORAD 16235) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 May 2001, after 15 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
16235
International designator
1985-105A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
9 Nov 1985Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
11 May 2001UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
15 years, 6 months5,662 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.4°N to 62.4°SFinal inclination 62.4°
Mass
1,250 kg
Operator
PVO
Built by
Lavochkin / Kometa
Bus
Oko
Programme
Oko E
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 62.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.4°N and 62.4°S.
Life in orbit
15 years, 6 monthsCOSMOS 1701’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 11 May 2001
1 entryFrom the same launch
1985-105
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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