CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1989-0992
COSMOS 1275 DEB
COSMOS 1275 DEB (NORAD 12721) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 November 1989.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
12721
International designator
1981-053BN
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
4 Jun 1981Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Nov 1989UTC calendar day
Time since launch
8 years, 5 months3,099 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.9°N to 82.9°SFinal inclination 82.9°
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 82.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.9°N and 82.9°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 1275 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 28 Nov 1989
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/1989-0992
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