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2024-1724

COSMOS 1783

COSMOS 1783 (NORAD 16993) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 October 2024 over Asia, after 38 years in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
16993
International designator
1986-075A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
3 Oct 1986Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Oct 2024Recorded time 07:18 UTC
Time in orbit
38 years13,907 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.0°N to 62.0°SFinal inclination 62.0°
Mass
1,250 kg
Operator
PVO
Built by
Lavochkin / Kometa
Bus
Oko
Programme
Oko E

Where it came down

Recorded position

Recorded position 27.0°N, 110.0°E at 07:18 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 62.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.0°N and 62.0°S.

Life in orbit

38 years

COSMOS 1783’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 30 Oct 2024

27 entries
2024-1723COSMOS 17262024-1730ZHEDA PIXING 3A2024-1731FLOCK 4V 112024-1732UVSQ-SAT2024-1733FLOCK 4S 332024-1734FLOCK 4S 202024-1735FLOCK 4S 472024-1736NUSAT-19 (ROSALIND)2024-1738FLOCK 4X 412024-1739FLOCK 4X 322024-1740FLOCK 4X 262024-1741FLOCK 4X 35+15 more

From the same launch

1986-075
1986-0494SL-6 R/B(1)
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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