CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1978-0247
COSMOS 777 DEB
COSMOS 777 DEB (NORAD 8647) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 June 1978.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
8647
International designator
1975-102AB
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
29 Oct 1975Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Jun 1978UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 years, 7 months950 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.0°N to 65.0°SFinal inclination 65.0°
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 65.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.0°N and 65.0°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 777 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 5 Jun 1978
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1975-102
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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