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Entry no.
1980-0398
COSMOS 1211
COSMOS 1211 (NORAD 11982) landed on 4 October 1980, after 11 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
11982
International designator
1980-077A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
23 Sep 1980Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
4 Oct 1980UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
11 days11 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
82.4°N to 82.4°SFinal inclination 82.4°
Mass
2,200 kg
Operator
VTS SA
Built by
TsSKB
Bus
Zenit-4MT
Programme
Orion
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 82.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.4°N and 82.4°S.
Life in orbit
11 daysAlso ended on 4 Oct 1980
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1980-077
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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