CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1966-0091
COSMOS 76
COSMOS 76 (NORAD 1464) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 March 1966, after 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
1464
International designator
1965-059A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
23 Jul 1965Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Mar 1966UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 months236 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
48.8°N to 48.8°SFinal inclination 48.8°
Mass
200 kg
Operator
Southern SDB / PVO
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
DS-P1
Programme
DS-P1-Yu A
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 48.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 48.8°N and 48.8°S.
Life in orbit
7 monthsCOSMOS 76’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 16 Mar 1966
1 entryFrom the same launch
1965-059
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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