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Entry no.
1981-0071

COSMOS 1204

COSMOS 1204 (NORAD 11917) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 February 1981, after 6 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
11917
International designator
1980-067A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
31 Jul 1980Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Feb 1981UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 months207 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
50.6°N to 50.6°SFinal inclination 50.6°
Mass
1,045 kg
Operator
PVO
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
Romb
Programme
Taifun-2V

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 50.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 50.6°N and 50.6°S.

Life in orbit

6 months

COSMOS 1204’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

From the same launch

1980-067
1980-0419Kosmos-1204 SS 11980-0425Kosmos-1204 SS 21980-0448Kosmos-1204 SS 41980-0449Kosmos-1204 SS 51980-0454Kosmos-1204 SS 61980-0465Kosmos-1204 SS 31980-0470Kosmos-1204 SS 71980-0471Kosmos-1204 SS 81980-0472Kosmos-1204 SS 91980-0487Kosmos-1204 SS 101980-0499Kosmos-1204 SS 191980-0502Kosmos-1204 SS 17
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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