CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1981-0620
COSMOS 1281 DEB
COSMOS 1281 DEB (NORAD 12602) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 December 1981.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
12602
International designator
1981-064E
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
7 Jul 1981Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Dec 1981UTC calendar day
Time since launch
5 months155 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
72.8°N to 72.8°SFinal inclination 72.8°
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 72.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 72.8°N and 72.8°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 1281 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 9 Dec 1981
1 entryFrom the same launch
1981-064
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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