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Entry no.
1977-0258
COSMOS 916
COSMOS 916 (NORAD 10040) landed on 21 June 1977, after 11 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
10040
International designator
1977-046A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
10 Jun 1977Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
21 Jun 1977UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
11 days11 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
62.8°N to 62.8°SFinal inclination 62.8°
Mass
2,200 kg
Operator
VTS SA
Built by
TsSKB
Bus
Zenit-4MT
Programme
Orion
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 62.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.8°N and 62.8°S.
Life in orbit
11 daysAlso ended on 21 Jun 1977
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1977-046
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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