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Entry no.
1977-0427
COSMOS 949
COSMOS 949 (NORAD 10326) landed on 6 October 1977, after 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
10326
International designator
1977-085A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
6 Sep 1977Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
6 Oct 1977UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month30 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
62.8°N to 62.8°SFinal inclination 62.8°
Mass
2,886 kg
Operator
TsSKB
Built by
TsSKB
Bus
Yantar'-2K
Programme
Feniks
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
1 monthCOSMOS 949’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1977-085
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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