CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1981-0547
COSMOS 1316
COSMOS 1316 (NORAD 12905) landed on 29 October 1981, after 14 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
12905
International designator
1981-104A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
15 Oct 1981Baikonur Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
29 Oct 1981UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
14 days14 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
70.3°N to 70.3°SFinal inclination 70.3°
Mass
2,655 kg
Operator
GUKOS
Built by
TsSKB
Bus
Zenit-6
Programme
Zenit-6
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 70.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 70.3°N and 70.3°S.
Life in orbit
14 daysAlso ended on 29 Oct 1981
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1981-104
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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