CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1543
COSMOS 1275 DEB
COSMOS 1275 DEB (NORAD 12779) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 August 2023.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
12779
International designator
1981-053DV
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
4 Jun 1981Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Aug 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
42 years, 2 months15,428 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 82.5°
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 82.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 1275 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 31 Aug 2023
3 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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