CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2000-0183
COSMOS 1278 DEB
COSMOS 1278 DEB (NORAD 17256) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 July 2000.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
17256
International designator
1981-058E
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
19 Jun 1981Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Jul 2000UTC calendar day
Time since launch
19 years6,957 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.6°N to 62.6°SFinal inclination 62.6°
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 62.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.6°N and 62.6°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 1278 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1981-058
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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