CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1968-0016
COSMOS 165
COSMOS 165 (NORAD 2842) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 January 1968, after 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
2842
International designator
1967-059A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
12 Jun 1967Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Jan 1968UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 months217 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.8°N to 81.8°SFinal inclination 81.8°
Mass
200 kg
Operator
Southern SDB / PVO
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
DS-P1
Programme
DS-P1-Yu B
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 81.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.8°N and 81.8°S.
Life in orbit
7 monthsCOSMOS 165’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 15 Jan 1968
1 entryFrom the same launch
1967-059
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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