CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1979-0580
COSMOS 1142 DEB
COSMOS 1142 DEB (NORAD 11614) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 December 1979.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
11614
International designator
1979-092D
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
22 Oct 1979Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Dec 1979UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 1 Dec 1979
Time since launch
1 month41 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
72.8°N to 72.8°SFinal inclination 72.8°
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 72.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 72.8°N and 72.8°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 1142 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 2 Dec 1979
1 entryFrom the same launch
1979-092
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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