CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1977-0166
COSMOS 898
COSMOS 898 (NORAD 9871) landed on 30 March 1977, after 13 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
9871
International designator
1977-020A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
17 Mar 1977Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
30 Mar 1977UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
13 days13 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
81.3°N to 81.3°SFinal inclination 81.3°
Mass
2,200 kg
Operator
GUKOS RVSN
Built by
TsSKB
Bus
Zenit-2M
Programme
Zenit-2M
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 81.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.3°N and 81.3°S.
Life in orbit
13 daysAlso ended on 30 Mar 1977
1 entryFrom the same launch
1977-020
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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