CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1989-0726
COSMOS 1275 DEB
COSMOS 1275 DEB (NORAD 18638) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 August 1989.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
18638
International designator
1981-053LY
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
4 Jun 1981Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Aug 1989UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 11 Sep 1989
Time since launch
8 years, 2 months2,991 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 82.5°
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 82.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°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 Aug 1989
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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