Satellites

Payload

COSMOS 820

DecayedPayloadLEO

COSMOS 820 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on May 21, 1976 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
May 21, 1976 at 07:00 AM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Launched by
Soyuz U
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Zenit-4MKT 2

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
228 km
Periapsis
202 km
Inclination
81.33°
Orbital period
88.79 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
6,243.81 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1976-046A
NORAD catalog №
8856
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
June 2, 1976

End of mission

Last active / ended
June 2, 1976
Time in service
12 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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