CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1976-0048
COSMOS 802
COSMOS 802 (NORAD 8681) landed on 25 February 1976, after 14 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
8681
International designator
1976-013A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
11 Feb 1976Baikonur Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
25 Feb 1976UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
14 days14 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
65.0°N to 65.0°SFinal inclination 65.0°
Mass
2,310 kg
Operator
GUKOS RVSN
Built by
TsSKB
Bus
Zenit-4MK
Programme
Zenit-4MK
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 65.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.0°N and 65.0°S.
Life in orbit
14 daysAlso ended on 25 Feb 1976
1 entryFrom the same launch
1976-013Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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