CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1977-0498
COSMOS 159
COSMOS 159 (NORAD 2805) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 December 1977, after 10 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
2805
International designator
1967-046A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
16 May 1967Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Dec 1977UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 11 Nov 1977
Time in orbit
10 years, 6 months3,857 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.7°N to 51.7°SFinal inclination 51.7°
Mass
1,300 kg
Operator
IKI / Babakin
Built by
Lavochkin
Bus
E-6 DU
Programme
E-6LS
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 51.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.7°N and 51.7°S.
Life in orbit
10 years, 6 monthsCOSMOS 159’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1967-046
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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