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Entry no.
2005-0197

COSMOS 1658

COSMOS 1658 (NORAD 15808) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 November 2005, after 20 years, 5 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
15808
International designator
1985-045A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
11 Jun 1985Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Nov 2005UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
20 years, 5 months7,459 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.0°N to 62.0°SFinal inclination 62.0°
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 62.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.0°N and 62.0°S.

Life in orbit

20 years, 5 months

COSMOS 1658’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

From the same launch

1985-045
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