CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1966-0437
COSMOS 106
COSMOS 106 (NORAD 1949) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 November 1966, after 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
1949
International designator
1966-004A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
25 Jan 1966Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Nov 1966UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
9 months293 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
48.4°N to 48.4°SFinal inclination 48.4°
Mass
200 kg
Operator
Southern SDB / PVO
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
DS-P1
Programme
DS-P1-I L
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 48.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 48.4°N and 48.4°S.
Life in orbit
9 monthsCOSMOS 106’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 14 Nov 1966
4 entriesFrom the same launch
1966-004
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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