CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1981-0381
COSMOS 1283
COSMOS 1283 (NORAD 12598) landed on 31 July 1981, after 14 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
12598
International designator
1981-067A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
17 Jul 1981Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
31 Jul 1981UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
14 days14 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
82.3°N to 82.3°SFinal inclination 82.3°
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 82.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.3°N and 82.3°S.
Life in orbit
14 daysAlso ended on 31 Jul 1981
4 entriesFrom the same launch
1981-067
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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