CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1978-0315
COSMOS 868
COSMOS 868 (NORAD 9561) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 July 1978, after 1 year, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
9561
International designator
1976-113A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
26 Nov 1976Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Jul 1978UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 7 months589 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.0°N to 65.0°SFinal inclination 65.0°
Mass
3,300 kg
Operator
Arsenal
Built by
Arsenal / Kometa
Bus
US-P
Programme
US-P
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
1 year, 7 monthsCOSMOS 868’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Jul 1978
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1976-113
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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