CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1977-0411
Kosmos-816 SS 15
ESO
Kosmos-816 SS 15 (NORAD 9488) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 September 1977, after 1 year, 4 months in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
9488
International designator
1976-037S
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
COSMOS 816 DEBListed as a fragment
Country
USSR
Launched
28 Apr 1976Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Sep 1977UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 27 Sep 1977
Time in orbit
1 year, 4 months515 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.8°N to 65.8°SFinal inclination 65.8°
Mass
5 kg
Operator
PVO
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
ESO
Programme
ESO
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 65.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.8°N and 65.8°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 4 monthsKosmos-816 SS 15’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 25 Sep 1977
1 entryFrom the same launch
1976-037
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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