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Entry no.
2001-0207

COSMOS 1076

COSMOS 1076 (NORAD 11266) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 August 2001, after 22 years, 5 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
11266
International designator
1979-011A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
12 Feb 1979Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Aug 2001UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
22 years, 5 months8,215 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 82.5°
Mass
1,717 kg
Operator
GMS / Southern SDB
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
Okean-E
Programme
Okean-E

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 82.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°S.

Life in orbit

22 years, 5 months

COSMOS 1076’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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