CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1978-0173
Kosmos-965 SS 2
ESO
Kosmos-965 SS 2 (NORAD 10682) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 April 1978, after 4 months in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
10682
International designator
1977-111D
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
COSMOS 965 DEBListed as a fragment
Country
USSR
Launched
8 Dec 1977Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Apr 1978UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 months130 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
74.1°N to 74.1°SFinal inclination 74.1°
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 74.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 74.1°N and 74.1°S.
Life in orbit
4 monthsKosmos-965 SS 2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Apr 1978
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1977-111
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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