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COSMOS 896

NORAD 9857 · Payload · Reentered 1977-03-16

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Launched
1977-03-03 · Plesetsk, Russia
Country / operator
CIS (Russia / CIS)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Optical imaging
Mass
2,655 kg
Size
6 × 2.2 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
175 × 332 km
Inclination
72.9°
Period
89.4 min
Eccentricity
0.0118
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).

Same launch

Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.