CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0289
METEOR 1-29
METEOR 1-29 (NORAD 11251) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 March 2024 over the Indian Ocean, after 45 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
11251
International designator
1979-005A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
25 Jan 1979Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Mar 2024UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 1 Mar 2024
Time in orbit
45 years, 1 month16,473 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.3°N to 82.3°SFinal inclination 97.7°
Mass
1,280 kg
Operator
Priroda
Built by
VNIIEM
Bus
Meteor-2
Programme
Meteor-Priroda
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 46.0°S, 146.0°E. Its final orbit, inclined at 97.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.3°N and 82.3°S.
Life in orbit
45 years, 1 monthMETEOR 1-29’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 2 Mar 2024
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1979-005
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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