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Entry no.
1981-0538

COSMOS 1303 DEB

COSMOS 1303 DEB (NORAD 12840) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 October 1981.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
12840
International designator
1981-086F
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
4 Sep 1981Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Oct 1981UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 month51 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
70.4°N to 70.4°SFinal inclination 70.4°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 70.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 70.4°N and 70.4°S.

Life in orbit

COSMOS 1303 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 25 Oct 1981

5 entries
1981-0536THORAD AGENA D DEB1981-0537TRANSIT 9 DEB1981-0539COSMOS 1314 DEB1981-0540COSMOS 1314 DEB1981-0541COSMOS 1314 DEB

From the same launch

1981-086
1981-0462SL-4 R/B1981-0475COSMOS 1303
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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