CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1980-0567
COSMOS 1227
COSMOS 1227 (NORAD 12100) landed on 28 December 1980, after 12 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
12100
International designator
1980-101A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
16 Dec 1980Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
28 Dec 1980UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
12 days12 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
72.8°N to 72.8°SFinal inclination 72.8°
Mass
2,655 kg
Operator
GUKOS RVSN
Built by
TsSKB
Bus
Zenit-6
Programme
Zenit-6
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 72.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 72.8°N and 72.8°S.
Life in orbit
12 daysAlso ended on 28 Dec 1980
1 entryFrom the same launch
1980-101
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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