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Entry no.
2025-1205

COSMOS 1261 DEB

COSMOS 1261 DEB (NORAD 27902) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 June 2025.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
27902
International designator
1981-031K
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
31 Mar 1981Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Jun 2025UTC calendar day
Time since launch
44 years, 2 months16,158 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.1°N to 62.1°SFinal inclination 62.1°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 62.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.1°N and 62.1°S.

Life in orbit

COSMOS 1261 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 26 Jun 2025

4 entries
2025-1206STARLINK-35392025-1207CELESTIS 21/VARISAT 1C2025-1208STARLINK-60932025-1209ELECTRON R/B

From the same launch

1981-031
1981-0171SL-6 R/B(1)
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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