In orbitDebris

COSMOS 886 DEB

NORAD: 9966
COSPAR: 1976-126BG

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Spacecraft

Owner: Space Defence Force, USSR Armed Forces

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S09966, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1976-12-27
Rocket: Tsiklon-2
Flight: Kosmos-886
Mission name: IS
Launch site: NIIP-5, LC90
Launched by: Strategic Rocket Forces
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1976-126

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1976-126, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: CIS
Launch date: 1976-12-27
Period: 105.5 min
Inclination: 65.78°
Apogee: 1,478 km
Perigee: 556 km
Radar cross-section: 0.037 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: COSMOS 886 (NORAD 9634)

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

Everything from this launch

Debris77 in total, 52 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 0 still in orbit