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Entry no.
2024-1046

COSMOS 1544

COSMOS 1544 (NORAD 14819) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 July 2024 over the South Pacific Ocean, after 40 years, 4 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
14819
International designator
1984-027A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
15 Mar 1984Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Jul 2024Recorded time 20:33 UTC
Time in orbit
40 years, 4 months14,740 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.4°N to 82.4°SFinal inclination 82.4°
Mass
1,750 kg
Operator
GRU
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
Tselina-D
Programme
Tselina-D

Where it came down

Recorded position

Recorded position 7.0°S, 164.0°W at 20:33 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 82.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.4°N and 82.4°S.

Life in orbit

40 years, 4 months

COSMOS 1544’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 23 Jul 2024

9 entries
2024-1050STARLINK-36272024-1051STARLINK-300972024-1054PICO-01C0082024-1047ARIANE 40 DEB2024-1048FENGYUN 1C DEB2024-1049FENGYUN 1C DEB2024-1052COSMOS 1408 DEB2024-1053CZ-2D DEB2024-1055RESURS P1 DEB
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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