CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2012-0243
COSMOS 1109 DEB
COSMOS 1109 DEB (NORAD 38668) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 July 2012.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
38668
International designator
1979-058W
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
27 Jun 1979Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Jul 2012UTC calendar day
Time since launch
33 years12,066 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.9°N to 62.9°SFinal inclination 62.9°
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 62.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.9°N and 62.9°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 9 Jul 2012
1 entryFrom the same launch
1979-058
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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