CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1979-0096
COSMOS 1078
COSMOS 1078 (NORAD 11276) landed on 2 March 1979, after 8 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
11276
International designator
1979-016A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
22 Feb 1979Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
2 Mar 1979UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 days8 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
72.9°N to 72.9°SFinal inclination 72.9°
Mass
2,400 kg
Operator
GUKOS RVSN
Built by
TsSKB
Bus
Zenit-4MK
Programme
Zenit-4MKM
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 72.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 72.9°N and 72.9°S.
Life in orbit
8 daysAlso ended on 2 Mar 1979
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1979-016
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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