CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2009-0158
COSMOS 1030 DEB
COSMOS 1030 DEB (NORAD 26915) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 May 2009.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
26915
International designator
1978-083H
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
6 Sep 1978Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
31 May 2009UTC calendar day
Time since launch
30 years, 8 months11,225 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
60.4°N to 60.4°SFinal inclination 60.4°
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 60.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 60.4°N and 60.4°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 1030 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 31 May 2009
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1978-083
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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