RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
COSMOS 1602
COSMOS 1602 (NORAD 15331) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 May 2026, after 41 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
15331
International designator
1984-105A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
28 Sep 1984Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
7 May 2026UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
41 years, 7 months15,196 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 82.5°
Mass
1,922 kg
Operator
GMS / Southern SDB
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
Okean
Programme
Okean-OE
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 82.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°S.
Life in orbit
41 years, 7 monthsCOSMOS 1602’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 7 May 2026
6 entries
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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