CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1981-0345
COSMOS 1274 DEB
COSMOS 1274 DEB (NORAD 12579) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 July 1981.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
12579
International designator
1981-052C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
3 Jun 1981Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Jul 1981UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 month35 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
67.1°N to 67.1°SFinal inclination 67.1°
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 67.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 67.1°N and 67.1°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 8 Jul 1981
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1981-052
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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