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Entry no.
2023-1640

COSMOS 1124

COSMOS 1124 (NORAD 11509) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 September 2023 over the South Atlantic Ocean, after 44 years in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
11509
International designator
1979-077A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
28 Aug 1979Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Sep 2023Recorded time 01:04 UTC
Time in orbit
44 years16,101 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.1°N to 62.1°SFinal inclination 62.1°
Mass
1,250 kg
Operator
PVO
Built by
Lavochkin / Kometa
Bus
Oko
Programme
Oko D

Where it came down

Recorded position

Recorded position 58.0°S, 52.0°W at 01:04 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 62.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.1°N and 62.1°S.

Life in orbit

44 years

COSMOS 1124’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 27 Sep 2023

6 entries
2023-1643STARLINK-23452023-1645STARLINK-55962023-1646SOYUZ MS-232023-1641NOAA 16 DEB2023-1644ORBCOMM FM 5 DEB2023-1642OBJECT Q

From the same launch

1979-077
1979-0451SL-6 R/B(1)2025-0757SL-6 R/B(2)
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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