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Entry no.
1981-0368

COSMOS 1280 DEB

COSMOS 1280 DEB (NORAD 12596) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 July 1981.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
12596
International designator
1981-063E
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
2 Jul 1981Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Jul 1981UTC calendar day
Time since launch
20 days20 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 allowed
Exact 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 22 Jul 1981

6 entries
1981-0367COSMOS 12811981-0363COSMOS 374 DEB *1981-0364COSMOS 1245 DEB1981-0365SALYUT 6 DEB1981-0366SL-6 PLAT1981-0369COSMOS 1280 DEB

From the same launch

1981-063
1981-0344SL-4 R/B1981-0353COSMOS 1280
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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