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Entry no.
1978-0099

COSMOS 969 DEB

COSMOS 969 DEB (NORAD 10551) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 March 1978.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
10551
International designator
1977-120E
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
20 Dec 1977Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Mar 1978UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 months75 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—

Where it came down

Not on record

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.

Life in orbit

Also ended on 5 Mar 1978

5 entries
1978-0102SL-4 R/B1978-0098COSMOS 958 DEB1978-0100COSMOS 969 DEB1978-0101SL-4 DEB1978-0103SL-4 DEB

From the same launch

1977-120
1977-0525SL-4 R/B1978-0003COSMOS 969
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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