CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1983-0447
COSMOS 837
COSMOS 837 (NORAD 8927) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 November 1983, after 7 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
8927
International designator
1976-062A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
1 Jul 1976Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Nov 1983UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 years, 4 months2,696 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.7°N to 62.7°SFinal inclination 62.7°
Mass
1,650 kg
Operator
GUKOS RVSN
Built by
OKB-10
Bus
Molniya-2
Programme
Molniya-2
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 62.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.7°N and 62.7°S.
Life in orbit
7 years, 4 monthsCOSMOS 837’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 Nov 1983
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1976-062
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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