CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1978-0291
COSMOS 1021 DEB
COSMOS 1021 DEB (NORAD 10963) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 June 1978.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
10963
International designator
1978-057C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
10 Jun 1978Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Jun 1978UTC calendar day
Time since launch
15 days15 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.1°N to 65.1°SFinal inclination 65.1°
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 65.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.1°N and 65.1°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 25 Jun 1978
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1978-057
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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