CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2016-0008
COSMOS 1586
COSMOS 1586 (NORAD 15147) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 January 2016, after 31 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
15147
International designator
1984-079A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
2 Aug 1984Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Jan 2016UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
31 years, 5 months11,479 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
61.1°N to 61.1°SFinal inclination 61.1°
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 61.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 61.1°N and 61.1°S.
Life in orbit
31 years, 5 monthsCOSMOS 1586’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 6 Jan 2016
1 entryFrom the same launch
1984-079
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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