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Entry no.
2012-0180

COSMOS 1109 DEB

COSMOS 1109 DEB (NORAD 12995) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 May 2012.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
12995
International designator
1979-058G
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
27 Jun 1979Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
20 May 2012UTC calendar day
Time since launch
32 years, 10 months12,016 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.3°N to 62.3°SFinal inclination 62.3°

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 62.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.3°N and 62.3°S.

Life in orbit

COSMOS 1109 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 20 May 2012

4 entries
2012-0183MINOTAUR R/B2012-0184SL-4 R/B2012-0181COSMOS 2251 DEB2012-0182METEOR 2-5 DEB

From the same launch

1979-058
1979-0348SL-6 R/B(1)2012-0006SL-6 R/B(2)
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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