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Entry no.
1962-0087

COSMOS 9

COSMOS 9 (NORAD 422) landed on 1 October 1962, after 4 days in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
422
International designator
1962-048A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
27 Sep 1962Baikonur Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
1 Oct 1962Recorded time 09:23 UTC
Time in orbit
4 days4 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
65.0°N to 65.0°SFinal inclination 65.0°
Mass
2,100 kg
Operator
OKB-1
Built by
OKB-1
Bus
Zenit-2
Programme
Zenit-2 LKI

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 65.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.0°N and 65.0°S.

Life in orbit

4 days

Also ended on 1 Oct 1962

1 entry
1962-0086SL-6 DEB

From the same launch

1962-048
1962-0130SL-3 R/B
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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