CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1977-0160
COSMOS 896 DEB
COSMOS 896 DEB (NORAD 9873) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 March 1977.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
9873
International designator
1977-016F
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
3 Mar 1977Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Mar 1977UTC calendar day
Time since launch
21 days21 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
72.9°N to 72.9°SFinal inclination 72.9°
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
Also ended on 24 Mar 1977
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1977-016
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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