CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1989-0908
COSMOS 156
COSMOS 156 (NORAD 2762) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 October 1989, after 22 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
2762
International designator
1967-039A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
27 Apr 1967Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Oct 1989UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
22 years, 5 months8,215 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.1°N to 81.1°SFinal inclination 81.1°
Mass
1,250 kg
Operator
VNIIEM
Built by
VNIIEM
Bus
Meteor
Programme
Meteor B
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 81.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.1°N and 81.1°S.
Life in orbit
22 years, 5 monthsCOSMOS 156’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 23 Oct 1989
1 entryFrom the same launch
1967-039
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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