CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2006-0279
COSMOS 1220 DEB
COSMOS 1220 DEB (NORAD 29280) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 December 2006.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
29280
International designator
1980-089CL
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
4 Nov 1980Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Dec 2006UTC calendar day
Time since launch
26 years, 1 month9,553 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.0°N to 65.0°SFinal inclination 65.0°
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 65.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.0°N and 65.0°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 1220 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 31 Dec 2006
1 entryFrom the same launch
1980-089
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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