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Entry no.
1978-0298

COSMOS 1022 DEB

COSMOS 1022 DEB (NORAD 10966) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 June 1978.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
10966
International designator
1978-059D
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
12 Jun 1978Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Jun 1978UTC calendar day
Time since launch
16 days16 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
72.8°N to 72.8°SFinal inclination 72.8°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 72.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 72.8°N and 72.8°S.

Life in orbit

Also ended on 28 Jun 1978

5 entries
1978-0296COSMOS 9011978-0293COSMOS 699 DEB1978-0294SL-8 DEB1978-0295THORAD AGENA D DEB1978-0297COSMOS 1022 DEB

From the same launch

1978-059
1978-0266SL-4 R/B1978-0290COSMOS 1022
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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