CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1979-0495
Kosmos-1112 SS 5
ESO
Kosmos-1112 SS 5 (NORAD 11557) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 October 1979, after 3 months in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
11557
International designator
1979-063G
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
COSMOS 1112 DEBListed as a fragment
Country
USSR
Launched
6 Jul 1979Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Oct 1979UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 months107 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
50.6°N to 50.6°SFinal inclination 50.6°
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 50.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 50.6°N and 50.6°S.
Life in orbit
3 monthsKosmos-1112 SS 5’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 21 Oct 1979
4 entriesFrom the same launch
1979-0631979-0313Kosmos-1112 SS 11979-0364Kosmos-1112 SS 21979-0446Kosmos-1112 SS 31979-0490Kosmos-1112 SS 41979-0513Kosmos-1112 SS 121979-0525Kosmos-1112 SS 61979-0526Kosmos-1112 SS 71979-0532Kosmos-1112 SS 81979-0533Kosmos-1112 SS 91979-0543Kosmos-1112 SS 141979-0564Kosmos-1112 SS 161979-0574Kosmos-1112 SS 17
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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