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Entry no.
1980-0163

COSMOS 1173 DEB

COSMOS 1173 DEB (NORAD 11786) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 April 1980.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
11786
International designator
1980-029C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
17 Apr 1980Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Apr 1980UTC calendar day
Time since launch
13 days13 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
70.3°N to 70.3°SFinal inclination 70.3°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 70.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 70.3°N and 70.3°S.

Life in orbit

Also ended on 30 Apr 1980

3 entries
1980-0161COSMOS 374 DEB *1980-0162DELTA 1 DEB1980-0164COSMOS 1173 DEB

From the same launch

1980-029
1980-0151SL-4 R/B1980-0159COSMOS 1173
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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