CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1981-0354
COSMOS 1279 DEB
COSMOS 1279 DEB (NORAD 12592) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 July 1981.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
12592
International designator
1981-062F
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
1 Jul 1981Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Jul 1981UTC calendar day
Time since launch
15 days15 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 16 Jul 1981
1 entryFrom the same launch
1981-062
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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