CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1982-0401
COSMOS 1260 DEB
COSMOS 1260 DEB (NORAD 13226) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 October 1982.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
13226
International designator
1981-028AH
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
20 Mar 1981Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Oct 1982UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 year, 6 months564 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 1260 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 5 Oct 1982
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1981-028
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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