CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1976-0142
COSMOS 817 DEB
COSMOS 817 DEB (NORAD 8850) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 May 1976.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
8850
International designator
1976-040F
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
5 May 1976Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
18 May 1976UTC calendar day
Time since launch
13 days13 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.0°N to 65.0°SFinal inclination 65.0°
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
Came down with COSMOS 817 DEB
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1976-040
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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