CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2001-0071
COSMOS 1275 DEB
COSMOS 1275 DEB (NORAD 12948) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 March 2001.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
12948
International designator
1981-053EC
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
4 Jun 1981Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Mar 2001UTC calendar day
Time since launch
19 years, 9 months7,217 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.
Also ended on 8 Mar 2001
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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