Kosmos 1484
Soviet prototype Earth imaging satellite that fragmented in orbit.
Kosmos 1484 was a Soviet prototype Earth imaging satellite launched in 1983 as part of the Resurs programme. It suffered a fragmentation event on October 18, 1993, possibly due to a battery explosion, and remained in orbit as debris until its main component reentered over the eastern United States on January 28, 2013.
Quick Facts
- Mission type
- Technology; Earth observation
- Spacecraft type
- Resurs-OE
- Spacecraft bus
- Meteor
- Launch rocket
- Vostok-2M
- Launch site
- Baikonur 31/6
- Decay date
- 28 January 2013
- Orbit epoch
- 25 August 1983
- Orbit regime
- Sun-synchronous
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