In orbitDebris

COSMOS 789 DEB

NORAD: 36299
COSPAR: 1976-005C

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Spacecraft

Built by: PO Polyot, Filial GKNPTs Khrunichev
Owner: Russian Navy

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S36299, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1976-01-20
Rocket: Kosmos 11K65M
Flight: Kosmos-789
Mission name: Tsiklon-B
Launch site: NIIP-53, LC132/1
Launched by: Strategic Rocket Forces
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1976-005

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1976-005, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 1976-01-20
Period: 104.3 min
Inclination: 82.97°
Apogee: 984 km
Perigee: 941 km
Radar cross-section: 0.0033 m²

From CelesTrak SATCAT, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Where it came from

Parent object: COSMOS 789 (NORAD 8591)

The object this one was attached to at launch, or broke off from, as GCAT records it.

Everything from this launch

Debris1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit