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Entry no.
1981-0103

COSMOS 1224 DEB

COSMOS 1224 DEB (NORAD 12096) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 March 1981.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
12096
International designator
1980-096D
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
1 Dec 1980Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Mar 1981UTC calendar day
Time since launch
3 months104 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—

Where it came down

Not on record

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.

Life in orbit

Also ended on 15 Mar 1981

3 entries
1981-0102SL-8 R/B1981-0105SL-11 R/B1981-0104COSMOS 1245 DEB

From the same launch

1980-096
1980-0538SL-4 R/B1980-0549COSMOS 1224
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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