CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1979-0436
COSMOS 1121
COSMOS 1121 (NORAD 11487) landed on 13 September 1979, after 30 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
11487
International designator
1979-074A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
14 Aug 1979Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
13 Sep 1979UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
30 days30 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
67.1°N to 67.1°SFinal inclination 67.1°
Mass
2,886 kg
Operator
GUKOS RVSN
Built by
TsSKB
Bus
Yantar'-2K
Programme
Feniks
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 67.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 67.1°N and 67.1°S.
Life in orbit
30 daysCOSMOS 1121’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1979-074
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/1979-0436
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/1979-0436
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.