CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1991-0042
COSMOS 1260 DEB
COSMOS 1260 DEB (NORAD 13689) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 February 1991.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
13689
International designator
1981-028BF
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
20 Mar 1981Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Feb 1991UTC calendar day
Time since launch
9 years, 10 months3,608 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 allowedExact 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 1260 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 4 Feb 1991
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1981-028
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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