CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1979-0098
COSMOS 1078 DEB
COSMOS 1078 DEB (NORAD 11287) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 March 1979.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
11287
International designator
1979-016C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
22 Feb 1979Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Mar 1979UTC calendar day
Time since launch
8 days8 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
72.9°N to 72.9°SFinal inclination 72.9°
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 72.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 72.9°N and 72.9°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 2 Mar 1979
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1979-016
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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