CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1980-0375
COSMOS 1209 DEB
COSMOS 1209 DEB (NORAD 11976) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 September 1980.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
11976
International designator
1980-072C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
3 Sep 1980Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Sep 1980UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 30 Sep 1980
Time since launch
18 days18 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.3°N to 82.3°SFinal inclination 82.3°
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 82.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.3°N and 82.3°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 21 Sep 1980
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1980-072
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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