MOSCOW, August 5 (RIA Novosti) – The Kosmos-1151, a Soviet-era satellite appears to have burned up upon reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere, Russian Aerospace Defense Forces spokesman Colonel Alexei Zolotukhin said Tuesday.
“The data analysis … has proven that the Kosmos-1151 spacecraft left its orbit,” Zolotukhin said.
According to experts, parts of the satellite burned up in the dense layers of atmosphere over the Antarctic.
The Kosmos-1151 was launched into orbit on January 23, 1980. The expected lifetime of a satellite in orbit is about half a year.
