CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2011-0149
COSMOS 1793
COSMOS 1793 (NORAD 17134) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 May 2011, after 24 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
17134
International designator
1986-091A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
20 Nov 1986Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
15 May 2011UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
24 years, 5 months8,942 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 allowedExact 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
24 years, 5 monthsCOSMOS 1793’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 15 May 2011
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1986-091
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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