CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1981-0244
COSMOS 1268 DEB
COSMOS 1268 DEB (NORAD 12451) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 May 1981.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
12451
International designator
1981-040F
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
28 Apr 1981Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
15 May 1981UTC calendar day
Time since launch
17 days17 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
70.4°N to 70.4°SFinal inclination 70.4°
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 70.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 70.4°N and 70.4°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 15 May 1981
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1981-040
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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