CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1441
COSMOS 1515
COSMOS 1515 (NORAD 14551) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 September 2025, after 41 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
14551
International designator
1983-122A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
15 Dec 1983Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Sep 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
41 years, 8 months15,238 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
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 82.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.4°N and 82.4°S.
Life in orbit
41 years, 8 monthsCOSMOS 1515’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 3 Sep 2025
5 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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