CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1977-0348
COSMOS 838
COSMOS 838 (NORAD 8932) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 August 1977, after 1 year, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
8932
International designator
1976-063A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
2 Jul 1976Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Aug 1977UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 1 month417 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Mass
3,300 kg
Operator
Arsenal
Built by
Arsenal / Kometa
Bus
US-P
Programme
US-P
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
1 year, 1 monthCOSMOS 838’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 23 Aug 1977
1 entryFrom the same launch
1976-063
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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