CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2002-0468
COSMOS 1275 DEB
COSMOS 1275 DEB (NORAD 12760) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 November 2002.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
12760
International designator
1981-053DD
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
4 Jun 1981Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Nov 2002UTC calendar day
Time since launch
21 years, 5 months7,840 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.9°N to 82.9°SFinal inclination 82.9°
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 82.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.9°N and 82.9°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 1275 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 21 Nov 2002
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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