CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2020-0111
COSMOS 1275 DEB
COSMOS 1275 DEB (NORAD 12657) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 May 2020.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
12657
International designator
1981-053M
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
4 Jun 1981Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
19 May 2020UTC calendar day
Time since launch
38 years, 11 months14,229 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 82.7°
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 82.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.7°N and 82.7°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 1275 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.