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Entry no.
1977-0078

COSMOS 888 DEB

COSMOS 888 DEB (NORAD 9732) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 January 1977.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
9732
International designator
1977-001D
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
6 Jan 1977Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Jan 1977UTC calendar day
Time since launch
17 days17 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 allowed
Exact 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

Also ended on 23 Jan 1977

4 entries
1977-0077SL-6 R/B1977-0074COSMOS 249 DEB *1977-0075WESTFORD NEEDLES1977-0076THORAD AGENA D DEB

From the same launch

1977-001
1977-0020SL-4 R/B1977-0024COSMOS 888
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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