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Cosmos 1515
Cosmos 1515 was launched on December 15, 1983 aboard a Tsiklon-3 from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Sep 3, 2025).
COSPAR 1983-122ANORAD 14551Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1515
- Common name
- Cosmos 1515
- Payload designation
- Ikar No. 41L
- Other names
- Tselina-D No. 41L:P,11F619 No. 450-14-741:RA
- International designator
- 1983-122A
- NORAD catalog number
- 14551
- GCAT identifier
- S14551
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/099
Mission
- Mission type
- Signals intelligence
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Tselina-D
- Owner
- GRU
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Southern State Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Tselina-D
Launch
- Date
- December 15, 1983 · 12:25 UTC
- Launch record
- 1983-122Success
- Rocket
- Tsiklon-3
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC32/2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 635 km
- Apogee
- 663 km
- Inclination
- 82.53°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- September 3, 2025
- Last known active
- 1986
- End of operations
- 1986
Size
- Mass
- 1,750 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,750 kg
- Length
- 3.2 m
- Diameter
- 1.30 m
- Span
- 13.1 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12907420 (CC0).