CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1981-0426
COSMOS 1167 DEB
COSMOS 1167 DEB (NORAD 12616) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 August 1981.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
12616
International designator
1980-021N
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
14 Mar 1980Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Aug 1981UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 year, 5 months531 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.0°N to 65.0°SFinal inclination 65.0°
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 65.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.0°N and 65.0°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 27 Aug 1981
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1980-021
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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