CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1978-0309
Kosmos-965 SS 15
ESO
Kosmos-965 SS 15 (NORAD 10816) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 July 1978, after 6 months in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
10816
International designator
1977-111S
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
COSMOS 965 DEBListed as a fragment
Country
USSR
Launched
8 Dec 1977Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Jul 1978UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 months210 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
74.0°N to 74.0°SFinal inclination 74.0°
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 74.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 74.0°N and 74.0°S.
Life in orbit
6 monthsKosmos-965 SS 15’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 6 Jul 1978
1 entryFrom the same launch
1977-111
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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