CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1983-0329
COSMOS 1311
COSMOS 1311 (NORAD 12871) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 August 1983, after 1 year, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
12871
International designator
1981-097A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
28 Sep 1981Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Aug 1983UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 11 months699 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.9°N to 82.9°SFinal inclination 82.9°
Mass
1,045 kg
Operator
PVO
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
Romb
Programme
Taifun-2B
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, 11 monthsCOSMOS 1311’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 28 Aug 1983
4 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 131982-0540Kosmos-1311 SS 51982-0541Kosmos-1311 SS 111982-0542Kosmos-1311 SS 121982-0544Kosmos-1311 SS 101982-0550Kosmos-1311 SS 71982-0553Kosmos-1311 SS 8
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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