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Entry no.
1979-0474

COSMOS 885

COSMOS 885 (NORAD 9615) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 October 1979, after 2 years, 9 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
9615
International designator
1976-124A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
17 Dec 1976Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Oct 1979UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 9 months1,031 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.8°N to 65.8°SFinal inclination 65.8°
Mass
1,045 kg
Operator
PVO
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
Romb
Programme
Taifun-2B

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 65.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.8°N and 65.8°S.

Life in orbit

2 years, 9 months

COSMOS 885’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 14 Oct 1979

2 entries
1979-0475COSMOS 11291979-0473TITAN 3C TRANSTAGE DEB

From the same launch

1976-124
1977-0445Kosmos-885 SS 151977-0468Kosmos-885 SS 61977-0474Kosmos-885 SS 81977-0475Kosmos-885 SS 21977-0477Kosmos-885 SS 51977-0478Kosmos-885 SS 101977-0483Kosmos-885 SS 71977-0485Kosmos-885 SS 11977-0486Kosmos-885 SS 131977-0492Kosmos-885 SS 41977-0495Kosmos-885 SS 141977-0502Kosmos-885 SS 3
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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