CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1968-0056
COSMOS 176
COSMOS 176 (NORAD 2942) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 March 1968, after 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
2942
International designator
1967-086A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
12 Sep 1967Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Mar 1968UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 months173 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
5 monthsCOSMOS 176’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1967-086
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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