CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1981-0129
COSMOS 1248
COSMOS 1248 (NORAD 12317) landed on 4 April 1981, after 30 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
12317
International designator
1981-020A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
5 Mar 1981Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
4 Apr 1981UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
30 days30 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
67.1°N to 67.1°SFinal inclination 67.1°
Mass
2,886 kg
Operator
GUKOS
Built by
TsSKB
Bus
Yantar'-2K
Programme
Feniks
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 67.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 67.1°N and 67.1°S.
Life in orbit
30 daysCOSMOS 1248’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1981-020
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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