CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1981-0575
COSMOS 1316 DEB
COSMOS 1316 DEB (NORAD 12924) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 November 1981.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
12924
International designator
1981-104C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
15 Oct 1981Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Nov 1981UTC calendar day
Time since launch
24 days24 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
70.3°N to 70.3°SFinal inclination 70.3°
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 70.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 70.3°N and 70.3°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 8 Nov 1981
1 entryFrom the same launch
1981-104
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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