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Entry no.
1980-0380
COSMOS 1208
COSMOS 1208 (NORAD 11945) landed on 24 September 1980, after 29 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
11945
International designator
1980-071A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
26 Aug 1980Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
24 Sep 1980UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
29 days29 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
67.1°N to 67.1°SFinal inclination 67.1°
Mass
2,886 kg
Operator
GUKOS RVSN
Built by
TsSKB
Bus
Yantar'-2K
Programme
Feniks
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 67.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 67.1°N and 67.1°S.
Life in orbit
29 daysCOSMOS 1208’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 24 Sep 1980
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1980-071
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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