CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1978-0208
COSMOS 1003 DEB
COSMOS 1003 DEB (NORAD 10821) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 May 1978.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
10821
International designator
1978-040D
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
20 Apr 1978Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
4 May 1978UTC calendar day
Time since launch
14 days14 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.8°N to 62.8°SFinal inclination 62.8°
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 62.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.8°N and 62.8°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 4 May 1978
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1978-040
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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