CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0053
COSMOS 1217 DEB
COSMOS 1217 DEB (NORAD 26678) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 February 2021.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
26678
International designator
1980-085E
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
24 Oct 1980Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Feb 2021UTC calendar day
Time since launch
40 years, 3 months14,728 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.6°N to 62.6°SFinal inclination 62.6°
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 62.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.6°N and 62.6°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 1217 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 19 Feb 2021
1 entryFrom the same launch
1980-085
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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