CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1996-0134
COSMOS 1260 DEB
COSMOS 1260 DEB (NORAD 13682) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 October 1996.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
13682
International designator
1981-028BE
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
20 Mar 1981Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Oct 1996UTC calendar day
Time since launch
15 years, 6 months5,684 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 11 Oct 1996
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1981-028
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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