CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1979-0094
Kosmos-1065 SS 4
ESO
Kosmos-1065 SS 4 (NORAD 11249) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 March 1979, after 2 months in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
11249
International designator
1978-120F
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
COSMOS 1065 DEBListed as a fragment
Country
USSR
Launched
22 Dec 1978Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Mar 1979UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 months69 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
50.7°N to 50.7°SFinal inclination 50.7°
Mass
5 kg
Operator
PVO
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
ESO
Programme
ESO
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 50.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 50.7°N and 50.7°S.
Life in orbit
2 monthsKosmos-1065 SS 4’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 1 Mar 1979
1 entryFrom the same launch
1978-120
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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