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Cosmos 881
Cosmos 881 was launched on December 15, 1976 aboard a Proton-K from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Dec 15, 1976).
COSPAR 1976-121ANORAD 9606Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-881
- Common name
- Cosmos 881
- Payload designation
- TKS VA No. 009A/1
- International designator
- 1976-121A
- NORAD catalog number
- 9606
- GCAT identifier
- S09606
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.356
Mission
- Mission type
- Human spaceflight
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- TKS VA
- Owner
- ZIKh
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- ZIKh (Zavod im. M.V. Khrunichev)
- Platform (bus)
- TKS VA
Launch
- Date
- December 15, 1976 · 01:30 UTC
- Launch record
- 1976-121Success
- Rocket
- Proton-K
- Spaceport
- Baikonur · pad LC81/24
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 200 km
- Apogee
- 241 km
- Inclination
- 51.60°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- December 15, 1976
- Last known active
- Dec 15, 1976
- End of operations
- Dec 15, 1976
Size
- Mass
- 3,800 kg
- Dry mass
- 3,800 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 4,250 kg
- Length
- 5.9 m
- Diameter
- 2.80 m
- Span
- 5.9 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q3399690 (CC0).