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Payload

COSMOS 889

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COSMOS 889 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on January 20, 1977 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
January 20, 1977 at 08:30 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Soyuz U
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Zenit-2M 74

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
321 km
Periapsis
200 km
Inclination
71.38°
Orbital period
89.71 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
5,649.16 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1977-003A
NORAD catalog №
9735
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
15.241 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
February 1, 1977

End of mission

Last active / ended
February 1, 1977
Time in service
12 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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