CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1980-0519
COSMOS 781
COSMOS 781 (NORAD 8444) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 November 1980, after 5 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
8444
International designator
1975-109A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
21 Nov 1975Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Nov 1980UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years1,832 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
74.0°N to 74.0°SFinal inclination 74.0°
Mass
434 kg
Operator
GRU
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
Tselina-OM
Programme
Tselina-OK
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 74.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 74.0°N and 74.0°S.
Life in orbit
5 yearsCOSMOS 781’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 26 Nov 1980
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1975-109
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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