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Entry no.
1988-0661

COSMOS 1260 DEB

COSMOS 1260 DEB (NORAD 14438) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 October 1988.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
14438
International designator
1981-028BT
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
20 Mar 1981Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Oct 1988UTC calendar day
Time since launch
7 years, 6 months2,763 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.1°N to 65.1°SFinal inclination 65.1°

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 65.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.1°N and 65.1°S.

Life in orbit

COSMOS 1260 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 12 Oct 1988

5 entries
1988-0662SOLWIND DEB1988-0663SOLWIND DEB1988-0664ARIANE 1 DEB1988-0665COSMOS 1682 DEB1988-0666COSMOS 1973 DEB

From the same launch

1981-028
1981-0113SL-11 R/B1990-0159COSMOS 1260
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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