CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1979-0518
COSMOS 1138 DEB
COSMOS 1138 DEB (NORAD 11575) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 November 1979.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
11575
International designator
1979-085C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
28 Sep 1979Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Nov 1979UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 month35 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
Came down with COSMOS 1138 DEB
4 entriesFrom the same launch
1979-085
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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