CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1977-0149
COSMOS 896
COSMOS 896 (NORAD 9857) landed on 16 March 1977, after 13 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
9857
International designator
1977-016A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
3 Mar 1977Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
16 Mar 1977UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
13 days13 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
72.9°N to 72.9°SFinal inclination 72.9°
Mass
2,655 kg
Operator
GUKOS RVSN
Built by
TsSKB
Bus
Zenit-6
Programme
Zenit-6
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 72.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 72.9°N and 72.9°S.
Life in orbit
13 daysAlso ended on 16 Mar 1977
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1977-016
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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