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Entry no.
2022-0016

COSMOS 1437

COSMOS 1437 (NORAD 13770) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 January 2022 over the South Atlantic Ocean, after 38 years, 11 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
13770
International designator
1983-003A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
20 Jan 1983Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Jan 2022Recorded time 00:04 UTC
Time in orbit
38 years, 11 months14,229 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.1°N to 81.1°SFinal inclination 81.1°
Mass
1,750 kg
Operator
GRU
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
Tselina-D
Programme
Tselina-D

Where it came down

Recorded position

Recorded position 35.0°S, 50.0°W at 00:04 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 81.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.1°N and 81.1°S.

Life in orbit

38 years, 11 months

COSMOS 1437’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 4 Jan 2022

8 entries
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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