Salyut-7, a precursor to the present Mir Space Station, was launched by the USSR in 1982. Following a series of crew visits and dockings with supply spacecraft, Salyut-7/Soyuz T-14 were joined by an unmanned Kosmos-1686 spacecraft. After the separation and return to Earth of Soyuz T-14 the Salyut-7/Kosmos-1686 configuration remained unchanged. The Salyut-7/Kosmos-1686 complex was left mothballed at an altitude of 475 km. From here, it descended into the atmosphere which led to its reentry above South America. An overview of activities at the European Space Agency/European Space Operations Center during the follow up of the Salyut-7/Kosmos-1686 decay is provided together with activities of related cooperations with space agencies, research institutes, and national bodies within the ESA member states, within the U.S., and within the USSR.
Salyut-7/Kosmos-1686 Reentry Prediction Activities at ESOC
1991
18 pages
Report
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English
Debris Reentry Prediction: Salyut-7/Kosmos-1686
NTIS | 1991
|Reentry of Salyut-7/Kosmos-1686
NTIS | 1991
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