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Entry no.
1980-0543
COSMOS 1218
COSMOS 1218 (NORAD 12039) landed on 12 December 1980, after 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
12039
International designator
1980-086A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
30 Oct 1980Baikonur Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
12 Dec 1980UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month43 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
64.9°N to 64.9°SFinal inclination 64.9°
Mass
2,886 kg
Operator
TsSKB
Built by
TsSKB
Bus
Yantar'-4K1
Programme
Oktan
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 64.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.9°N and 64.9°S.
Life in orbit
1 monthCOSMOS 1218’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 12 Dec 1980
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1980-086
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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