CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2004-0125
COSMOS 1030 DEB
COSMOS 1030 DEB (NORAD 28401) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 August 2004.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
28401
International designator
1978-083L
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
6 Sep 1978Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Aug 2004UTC calendar day
Time since launch
25 years, 11 months9,480 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
61.4°N to 61.4°SFinal inclination 61.4°
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 61.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 61.4°N and 61.4°S.
Life in orbit
From the same launch
1978-083
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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