CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1982-0266
COSMOS 1306
COSMOS 1306 (NORAD 12828) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 July 1982, after 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
12828
International designator
1981-089A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
14 Sep 1981Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Jul 1982UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
10 months305 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.9°N to 64.9°SFinal inclination 64.9°
Mass
3,300 kg
Operator
Soviet Navy
Built by
Arsenal / Kometa
Bus
US-P
Programme
US-P
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 64.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.9°N and 64.9°S.
Life in orbit
10 monthsCOSMOS 1306’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1981-089
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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