CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1157
COSMOS 1500
COSMOS 1500 (NORAD 14372) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 June 2025 over the Southern Ocean, after 41 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
14372
International designator
1983-099A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
28 Sep 1983Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Jun 2025Recorded time 04:05 UTC
Time in orbit
41 years, 8 months15,233 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 82.5°
Mass
1,900 kg
Operator
GMS / Southern SDB
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
Okean
Programme
Okean-OE
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 78.0°S, 62.0°W at 04:05 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 82.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°S.
Life in orbit
41 years, 8 monthsCOSMOS 1500’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 12 Jun 2025
4 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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