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Entry no.
1976-0665

COSMOS 853

COSMOS 853 (NORAD 9398) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 December 1976, after 3 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
9398
International designator
1976-088A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
1 Sep 1976Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Dec 1976UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 months121 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.8°N to 62.8°SFinal inclination 62.8°
Mass
1,650 kg
Operator
GUKOS RVSN
Built by
OKB-10
Bus
Molniya-2
Programme
Molniya-2

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 62.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.8°N and 62.8°S.

Life in orbit

3 months

COSMOS 853’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 31 Dec 1976

2 entries
1976-0666COSMOS 884 DEB1976-0667COSMOS 886 DEB

From the same launch

1976-088
1976-0534SL-6 R/B(1)1976-0630SL-6 R/B(2)
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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