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Entry no.
1983-0078

COSMOS 1220 DEB

COSMOS 1220 DEB (NORAD 13688) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 March 1983.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
13688
International designator
1980-089BE
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
4 Nov 1980Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Mar 1983UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 years, 3 months849 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.0°N to 65.0°SFinal inclination 65.0°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 65.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.0°N and 65.0°S.

Life in orbit

COSMOS 1220 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 3 Mar 1983

5 entries
1983-0077COSMOS 11691983-0080Kosmos-1351 SS 61983-0082Kosmos-1351 SS 221983-0079COSMOS 1425 DEB1983-0081M-3S DEB

From the same launch

1980-089
1980-0475SL-11 R/B2014-0066COSMOS 1220
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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