CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1981-0516
COSMOS 1167 DEB
COSMOS 1167 DEB (NORAD 12609) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 October 1981.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
12609
International designator
1980-021G
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
14 Mar 1980Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Oct 1981UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 year, 7 months580 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 1167 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 15 Oct 1981
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1980-021
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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