Kosmos-1776 SS 2: Orbital Register entry no. 1987-0569

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1987-0569

Kosmos-1776 SS 2

ESO

Kosmos-1776 SS 2 (NORAD 17259) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 November 1987, after 1 year, 2 months in orbit.

Official dateIdentified from the historical record

NORAD number

17259

International designator

1986-067H

Object type

Spacecraft

Official listing

COSMOS 1776 DEBListed as a fragment

Country

USSR

Launched

3 Sep 1986Plesetsk Cosmodrome

Re-entered (UTC)

29 Nov 1987UTC calendar day

Time in orbit

1 year, 2 months452 days

How it ended

Re-entered (natural decay)

Latitude range

74.1°N to 74.1°SFinal inclination 74.1°

Mass

5 kg

Operator

PVO

Built by

Southern SDB

Bus

ESO

Programme

ESO

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 74.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 74.1°N and 74.1°S.

Life in orbit

1 year, 2 months

Kosmos-1776 SS 2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 29 Nov 1987

4 entries

1987-0570COSMOS 1813 DEB 1987-0571COSMOS 1813 DEB 1987-0572SOLWIND DEB 1987-0573COSMOS 1895 DEB

From the same launch

1986-067

1987-0530Kosmos-1776 SS 6 1987-0538Kosmos-1776 SS 4 1987-0547Kosmos-1776 SS 8 1987-0552Kosmos-1776 SS 3 1987-0555Kosmos-1776 SS 9 1987-0580Kosmos-1776 SS 5 1987-0591Kosmos-1776 SS 1 1987-0617Kosmos-1776 SS 7 1987-0620Kosmos-1776 SS 10 1988-0024Kosmos-1776 SS 11 1988-0067Kosmos-1776 SS 12 1988-0331Kosmos-1776 SS 15

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