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Entry no.
1988-0688

COSMOS 1220 DEB

COSMOS 1220 DEB (NORAD 18610) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 October 1988.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
18610
International designator
1980-089CD
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
4 Nov 1980Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Oct 1988UTC calendar day
Time since launch
7 years, 11 months2,905 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 18 Oct 1988

6 entries
1988-0691Kosmos-1776 SS 171988-0686COSMOS 1813 DEB1988-0687COSMOS 1461 DEB1988-0689COSMOS 1960 DEB1988-0690COSMOS 1960 DEB1988-0692COSMOS 1965 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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