CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1981-0180
COSMOS 1062
COSMOS 1062 (NORAD 11150) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 April 1981, after 2 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
11150
International designator
1978-115A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
15 Dec 1978Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Apr 1981UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 4 months857 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
74.0°N to 74.0°SFinal inclination 74.0°
Mass
434 kg
Operator
GRU
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
Tselina-OM
Programme
Tselina-OM
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 74.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 74.0°N and 74.0°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 4 monthsCOSMOS 1062’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Apr 1981
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1978-115
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/1981-0180
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/1981-0180
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.