CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1980-0275
COSMOS 1187 DEB
COSMOS 1187 DEB (NORAD 11866) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 July 1980.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
11866
International designator
1980-048E
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
12 Jun 1980Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Jul 1980UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 month36 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 1187 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 Jul 1980
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1980-048
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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