CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1981-0486
Kosmos-1186 SS 15 LRCS
ESO Large RCS
Kosmos-1186 SS 15 LRCS (NORAD 12482) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 September 1981, after 1 year, 3 months in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
12482
International designator
1980-047T
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
COSMOS 1186 DEBListed as a fragment
Country
USSR
Launched
6 Jun 1980Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Sep 1981UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 3 months478 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
74.0°N to 74.0°SFinal inclination 74.0°
Mass
5 kg
Operator
PVO
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
ESO
Programme
ESO
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 74.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 74.0°N and 74.0°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 3 monthsKosmos-1186 SS 15 LRCS’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 27 Sep 1981
1 entryFrom the same launch
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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