RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
COSMOS 1300
COSMOS 1300 (NORAD 12785) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 February 2026 over Africa, after 44 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
12785
International designator
1981-082A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
24 Aug 1981Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Feb 2026Recorded time 12:37 UTC
Time in orbit
44 years, 5 months16,238 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 82.5°
Mass
1,750 kg
Operator
GRU
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
Tselina-D
Programme
Tselina-D
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 7.0°N, 5.0°W at 12:37 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 82.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°S.
Life in orbit
44 years, 5 monthsCOSMOS 1300’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 7 Feb 2026
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