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Entry no.
1976-0492

COSMOS 844

COSMOS 844 (NORAD 9046) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 August 1976, after 1 month in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
9046
International designator
1976-072A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
22 Jul 1976Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Aug 1976UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month39 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
67.2°N to 67.2°SFinal inclination 67.2°
Mass
2,886 kg
Operator
TsSKB
Built by
TsSKB
Bus
Yantar'-2K
Programme
Feniks

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 67.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 67.2°N and 67.2°S.

Life in orbit

1 month

From the same launch

1976-072
1976-0215SL-4 R/B

Fragments of this object

247 on record
247fragments of COSMOS 844 are in the register →
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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