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Entry no.
1978-0431

COSMOS 1042 DEB

COSMOS 1042 DEB (NORAD 11070) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 October 1978.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
11070
International designator
1978-092C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
6 Oct 1978Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Oct 1978UTC calendar day
Time since launch
15 days15 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—

Where it came down

Not on record

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.

Life in orbit

Also ended on 21 Oct 1978

6 entries
1978-0426COSMOS 2691978-0427SALYUT 6 DEB1978-0428SL-4 DEB1978-0429SL-4 DEB1978-0430SL-4 DEB1978-0432COSMOS 1042 DEB

From the same launch

1978-092
1978-0411SL-4 R/B1978-0424COSMOS 1042
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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