CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1869
COSMOS 1024
COSMOS 1024 (NORAD 10970) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 November 2024 over North America, after 46 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
10970
International designator
1978-066A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
28 Jun 1978Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Nov 2024Recorded time 14:15 UTC
Time in orbit
46 years, 4 months16,941 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
61.7°N to 61.7°SFinal inclination 61.7°
Mass
1,250 kg
Operator
PVO
Built by
Lavochkin / Kometa
Bus
Oko
Programme
Oko C
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 34.0°N, 89.0°W at 14:15 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 61.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 61.7°N and 61.7°S.
Life in orbit
46 years, 4 monthsCOSMOS 1024’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 14 Nov 2024
10 entriesFrom the same launch
1978-066
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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