CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1979-0472
COSMOS 1138 DEB
COSMOS 1138 DEB (NORAD 11576) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 October 1979.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
11576
International designator
1979-085D
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
28 Sep 1979Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Oct 1979UTC calendar day
Time since launch
15 days15 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
73.4°N to 73.4°SFinal inclination 73.4°
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 73.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 73.4°N and 73.4°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 13 Oct 1979
1 entryFrom the same launch
1979-085
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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