CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1981-0506
COSMOS 1283 DEB
COSMOS 1283 DEB (NORAD 12622) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 October 1981.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
12622
International designator
1981-067D
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
17 Jul 1981Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Oct 1981UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 months83 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
COSMOS 1283 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Oct 1981
1 entryFrom the same launch
1981-067
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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