CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1102
COSMOS 1674
COSMOS 1674 (NORAD 15944) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 May 2025 over Asia, after 39 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
15944
International designator
1985-069A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
8 Aug 1985Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
30 May 2025Recorded time 12:43 UTC
Time in orbit
39 years, 9 months14,540 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 82.5°
Mass
1,750 kg
Operator
GRU
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
Tselina-D
Programme
Tselina-D
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 26.0°N, 117.0°E at 12:43 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 82.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°S.
Life in orbit
39 years, 9 monthsCOSMOS 1674’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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