CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1997-0409
COSMOS 1172 DEB
COSMOS 1172 DEB (NORAD 25130) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 December 1997.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
25130
International designator
1980-028F
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
12 Apr 1980Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Dec 1997UTC calendar day
Time since launch
17 years, 8 months6,465 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
61.7°N to 61.7°SFinal inclination 61.7°
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 61.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 61.7°N and 61.7°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 24 Dec 1997
1 entryFrom the same launch
1980-028
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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