CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1982-0540
Kosmos-1311 SS 5
ESO
Kosmos-1311 SS 5 (NORAD 13694) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 December 1982, after 1 year, 2 months in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
13694
International designator
1981-097G
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
COSMOS 1311 DEBListed as a fragment
Country
USSR
Launched
28 Sep 1981Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Dec 1982UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 2 months445 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.9°N to 82.9°SFinal inclination 82.9°
Mass
5 kg
Operator
PVO
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
ESO
Programme
ESO
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 82.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.9°N and 82.9°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 2 monthsAlso ended on 17 Dec 1982
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1981-0971982-0060Kosmos-1311 SS 21982-0063Kosmos-1311 SS 11982-0518Kosmos-1311 SS 31982-0519Kosmos-1311 SS 41982-0537Kosmos-1311 SS 61982-0538Kosmos-1311 SS 131982-0541Kosmos-1311 SS 111982-0542Kosmos-1311 SS 121982-0544Kosmos-1311 SS 101982-0550Kosmos-1311 SS 71982-0553Kosmos-1311 SS 81982-0554Kosmos-1311 SS 9
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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