CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1981-0431
COSMOS 1284 DEB
COSMOS 1284 DEB (NORAD 12684) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 August 1981.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
12684
International designator
1981-068D
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
29 Jul 1981Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Aug 1981UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 month31 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 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
Also ended on 29 Aug 1981
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1981-068
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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