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Entry no.
1979-0612

COSMOS 965

COSMOS 965 (NORAD 10501) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 December 1979, after 2 years in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
10501
International designator
1977-111A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
8 Dec 1977Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Dec 1979UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years738 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
74.0°N to 74.0°SFinal inclination 74.0°
Mass
1,045 kg
Operator
PVO
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
Romb
Programme
Taifun-2A

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 74.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 74.0°N and 74.0°S.

Life in orbit

2 years

COSMOS 965’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 16 Dec 1979

3 entries
1979-0609BLACK ARROW DEB1979-0610THORAD AGENA D DEB1979-0611DELTA 1 DEB

From the same launch

1977-111
1978-0167Kosmos-965 SS 11978-0173Kosmos-965 SS 21978-0203Kosmos-965 SS 31978-0220Kosmos-965 SS 41978-0229Kosmos-965 SS 111978-0232Kosmos-965 SS 61978-0244Kosmos-965 SS 91978-0251Kosmos-965 SS 81978-0272Kosmos-965 SS 131978-0282Kosmos-965 SS 121978-0283Kosmos-965 SS 161978-0309Kosmos-965 SS 15
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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