CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1981-0167
COSMOS 1221 DEB
COSMOS 1221 DEB (NORAD 12073) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 April 1981.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
12073
International designator
1980-090C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
12 Nov 1980Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Apr 1981UTC calendar day
Time since launch
5 months153 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
72.8°N to 72.8°SFinal inclination 72.8°
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
COSMOS 1221 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 14 Apr 1981
1 entryFrom the same launch
1980-090
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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