CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1977-0397
COSMOS 948 DEB
COSMOS 948 DEB (NORAD 10356) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 September 1977.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
10356
International designator
1977-083C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
2 Sep 1977Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Sep 1977UTC calendar day
Time since launch
18 days18 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.3°N to 81.3°SFinal inclination 81.3°
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
Also ended on 20 Sep 1977
4 entriesFrom the same launch
1977-083
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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