Launch · COSPAR 1977-101 · 21 Oct 1977

COSMOS 959

Name: Launch 1977-101 — COSMOS 959
Start: 1977-10-21
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome

Payloads

Catalogued objects

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

Decayed

100% of objects

Owners (SATCAT owner codes)

Catalogue

Objects from this launch · 3

Payload Payload · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
COSMOS 959 Kosmos (Russian military / government)	10419	1977-101A	Decayed	LEO	110 / 171 km	65.80°	30 Nov 1977	Russian Ministry of Defence

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-8 R/B	10420	1977-101B	Decayed	LEO	125 / 287 km	65.82°	08 Nov 1977	—

Debris Debris · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-8 DEB	10421	1977-101C	Decayed	OTHER	—	—	05 Nov 1977	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1977-101; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.