CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1981-0192
COSMOS 1265
COSMOS 1265 (NORAD 12402) landed on 28 April 1981, after 12 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
12402
International designator
1981-036A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
16 Apr 1981Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
28 Apr 1981UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
12 days12 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
72.8°N to 72.8°SFinal inclination 72.8°
Mass
2,655 kg
Operator
GUKOS
Built by
TsSKB
Bus
Zenit-6
Programme
Zenit-6
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
12 daysAlso ended on 28 Apr 1981
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1981-036
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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