CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1977-0478
Kosmos-885 SS 10
ESO
Kosmos-885 SS 10 (NORAD 9922) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 November 1977, after 10 months in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
9922
International designator
1976-124M
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
COSMOS 885 DEBListed as a fragment
Country
USSR
Launched
17 Dec 1976Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Nov 1977UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
10 months334 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.9°N to 65.9°SFinal inclination 65.9°
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 65.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.9°N and 65.9°S.
Life in orbit
10 monthsKosmos-885 SS 10’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 16 Nov 1977
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1976-124
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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