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Entry no.
1981-0208

COSMOS 1266 DEB (ANTENNA

COSMOS 1266 DEB (ANTENNA (NORAD 12434) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 May 1981.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
12434
International designator
1981-037C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
21 Apr 1981Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
1 May 1981UTC calendar day
Time since launch
10 days10 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.0°N to 65.0°SFinal inclination 65.0°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 65.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.0°N and 65.0°S.

Life in orbit

Also ended on 1 May 1981

6 entries
1981-0206Kosmos-1186 SS 51981-0202TITAN 3C TRANSTAGE DEB1981-0203TITAN 3C TRANSTAGE DEB1981-0204THORAD AGENA D DEB1981-0205DELTA 1 DEB1981-0207COSMOS 1265 DEB
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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