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Cosmos 816
Cosmos 816 was launched on April 28, 1976 aboard a Kosmos 11K65M from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Nov 24, 1979).
COSPAR 1976-037ANORAD 8812Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-816
- Common name
- Cosmos 816
- Payload designation
- Taifun-2B (01)
- Other names
- Romb [No. 1]:JP
- International designator
- 1976-037A
- NORAD catalog number
- 8812
- GCAT identifier
- S08812
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.345
Mission
- Mission type
- Calibration
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Taifun-2B
- Owner
- PVO
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Southern State Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Romb
Launch
- Date
- April 28, 1976 · 13:30 UTC
- Launch record
- 1976-037Success
- Rocket
- Kosmos 11K65M
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC132/1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 478 km
- Apogee
- 515 km
- Inclination
- 65.83°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- November 24, 1979
- Last known active
- November 1976
- End of operations
- November 1976
Size
- Mass
- 1,045 kg
- Dry mass
- 925 kg
- Length
- 2.5 m
- Diameter
- 1.80 m
- Span
- 23.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12907808 (CC0).