CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1991-0101
COSMOS 1275 DEB
COSMOS 1275 DEB (NORAD 12689) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 March 1991.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
12689
International designator
1981-053AH
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
4 Jun 1981Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Mar 1991UTC calendar day
Time since launch
9 years, 9 months3,560 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.8°N to 82.8°SFinal inclination 82.8°
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 82.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.8°N and 82.8°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 1275 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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