CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2016-0094
COSMOS 1217 DEB
COSMOS 1217 DEB (NORAD 41116) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 April 2016.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
41116
International designator
1980-085M
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
24 Oct 1980Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Apr 2016UTC calendar day
Time since launch
35 years, 5 months12,962 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
63.1°N to 63.1°SFinal inclination 63.1°
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 63.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 63.1°N and 63.1°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 1217 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Apr 2016
1 entryFrom the same launch
1980-085
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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