CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1980-0415
COSMOS 1212 DEB
COSMOS 1212 DEB (NORAD 12006) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 October 1980.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
12006
International designator
1980-078C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
26 Sep 1980Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Oct 1980UTC calendar day
Time since launch
14 days14 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.4°N to 82.4°SFinal inclination 82.4°
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
Also ended on 10 Oct 1980
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1980-078
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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