CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1981-0271
COSMOS 1272
COSMOS 1272 (NORAD 12466) landed on 4 June 1981, after 14 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
12466
International designator
1981-047A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
21 May 1981Baikonur Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
4 Jun 1981UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
14 days14 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
70.4°N to 70.4°SFinal inclination 70.4°
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 70.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 70.4°N and 70.4°S.
Life in orbit
14 daysAlso ended on 4 Jun 1981
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1981-047
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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