CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1964-0089
COSMOS 26
COSMOS 26 (NORAD 766) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 September 1964, after 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
766
International designator
1964-013A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
18 Mar 1964Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Sep 1964UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 months194 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
49.0°N to 49.0°SFinal inclination 49.0°
Mass
285 kg
Operator
OKB-586
Built by
OKB-586
Bus
DS
Programme
DS-MG
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 49.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 49.0°N and 49.0°S.
Life in orbit
6 monthsCOSMOS 26’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 28 Sep 1964
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1964-013
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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