CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1990-0017
COSMOS 1260 DEB
COSMOS 1260 DEB (NORAD 13921) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 January 1990.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
13921
International designator
1981-028BN
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
20 Mar 1981Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Jan 1990UTC calendar day
Time since launch
8 years, 9 months3,214 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.9°N to 64.9°SFinal inclination 64.9°
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 64.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.9°N and 64.9°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 1260 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 6 Jan 1990
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1981-028
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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