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Entry no.
1979-0421

COSMOS 1123 DEB

COSMOS 1123 DEB (NORAD 11518) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 September 1979.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
11518
International designator
1979-076D
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
21 Aug 1979Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Sep 1979UTC calendar day
Time since launch
16 days16 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.3°N to 81.3°SFinal inclination 81.3°

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 81.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.3°N and 81.3°S.

Life in orbit

Also ended on 6 Sep 1979

5 entries
1979-0418INTERCOSMOS 111979-0417THOR ALTAIR R/B1979-0419SL-8 R/B1979-0420COSMOS 1123 DEB1979-0422SL-4 DEB

From the same launch

1979-076
1979-0399SL-4 R/B1979-0412COSMOS 1123
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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