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Entry no.
1966-0241

COSMOS 101

COSMOS 101 (NORAD 1846) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 July 1966, after 6 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
1846
International designator
1965-107A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
21 Dec 1965Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Jul 1966UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 months203 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 allowed
Exact 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

6 months

COSMOS 101’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 12 Jul 1966

4 entries
1966-0242SATURN 1B DEB1966-0243SATURN 1B DEB1966-0244SATURN 1B DEB1966-0245SATURN 1B DEB

From the same launch

1965-107
1966-0121SL-7 R/B
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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