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Entry no.
1981-0393

COSMOS 1283 DEB

COSMOS 1283 DEB (NORAD 12621) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 August 1981.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
12621
International designator
1981-067C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
17 Jul 1981Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Aug 1981UTC calendar day
Time since launch
19 days19 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.4°N to 82.4°SFinal inclination 82.4°

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 82.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.4°N and 82.4°S.

Life in orbit

Also ended on 5 Aug 1981

4 entries
1981-0391SL-6 R/B(1)1981-0389COSMOS 375 DEB *1981-0390COSMOS 1272 DEB1981-0392COSMOS 1167 DEB

From the same launch

1981-067
1981-0361SL-4 R/B1981-0381COSMOS 1283
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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