CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1981-0493
COSMOS 1167
COSMOS 1167 (NORAD 11729) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 October 1981, after 1 year, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
11729
International designator
1980-021A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
14 Mar 1980Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Oct 1981UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 6 months566 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.0°N to 65.0°SFinal inclination 65.0°
Mass
3,300 kg
Operator
Soviet Navy
Built by
Arsenal / Kometa
Bus
US-P
Programme
US-P
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
1 year, 6 monthsCOSMOS 1167’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 1 Oct 1981
1 entryFrom the same launch
1980-021
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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