CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2003-0030
COSMOS 1849
COSMOS 1849 (NORAD 18083) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 February 2003, after 15 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
18083
International designator
1987-048A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
4 Jun 1987Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Feb 2003UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 3 Feb 2003
Time in orbit
15 years, 8 months5,724 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
61.9°N to 61.9°SFinal inclination 61.9°
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 61.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 61.9°N and 61.9°S.
Life in orbit
15 years, 8 monthsCOSMOS 1849’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 4 Feb 2003
1 entryFrom the same launch
1987-048
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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