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Entry no.
1983-0368

COSMOS 1260 DEB

COSMOS 1260 DEB (NORAD 13191) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 September 1983.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
13191
International designator
1981-028P
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
20 Mar 1981Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Sep 1983UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 years, 5 months913 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 1260 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Came down with COSMOS 1260 DEB

7 entries
1983-0369COSMOS 14431983-0371SL-4 R/B1983-0372SL-4 R/B1983-0370SL-6 PLAT1983-0373SL-4 DEB1983-0374COSMOS 1495 DEB1983-0375SL-4 DEB

From the same launch

1981-028
1981-0113SL-11 R/B1990-0159COSMOS 1260
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