CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1991-0371
COSMOS 880
COSMOS 880 (NORAD 9601) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 August 1991, after 14 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
9601
International designator
1976-120A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
9 Dec 1976Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Aug 1991UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 8 Oct 1979
Time in orbit
14 years, 8 months5,378 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.8°N to 65.8°SFinal inclination 65.8°
Mass
1,045 kg
Operator
PKO
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
Romb
Programme
Lira
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 65.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.8°N and 65.8°S.
Life in orbit
14 years, 8 monthsCOSMOS 880’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 31 Aug 1991
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1976-120
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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