CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0238
COSMOS 1275 DEB
COSMOS 1275 DEB (NORAD 12765) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 April 1988.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
12765
International designator
1981-053DJ
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
4 Jun 1981Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Apr 1988UTC calendar day
Time since launch
6 years, 10 months2,504 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.2°N to 83.2°SFinal inclination 83.2°
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 83.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.2°N and 83.2°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 1275 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 12 Apr 1988
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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