CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1979-0568
COSMOS 1096
COSMOS 1096 (NORAD 11346) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 November 1979, after 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
11346
International designator
1979-036A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
25 Apr 1979Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Nov 1979UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 months213 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.1°N to 65.1°SFinal inclination 65.1°
Mass
3,300 kg
Operator
Soviet Navy
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 65.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.1°N and 65.1°S.
Life in orbit
6 monthsCOSMOS 1096’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 24 Nov 1979
1 entryFrom the same launch
1979-036
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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