CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1981-0333
COSMOS 1276 DEB
COSMOS 1276 DEB (NORAD 12569) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 July 1981.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
12569
International designator
1981-055E
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
16 Jun 1981Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Jul 1981UTC calendar day
Time since launch
15 days15 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.3°N to 82.3°SFinal inclination 82.3°
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 82.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.3°N and 82.3°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 1 Jul 1981
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1981-055
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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