CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1970-0004
INTERCOSMOS 1
INTERCOSMOS 1 (NORAD 4128) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 January 1970, after 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
4128
International designator
1969-088A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
14 Oct 1969Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Jan 1970UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 months80 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
48.4°N to 48.4°SFinal inclination 48.4°
Mass
303 kg
Operator
IK
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
DS-U3
Programme
DS-U3-IK
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 48.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 48.4°N and 48.4°S.
Life in orbit
2 monthsINTERCOSMOS 1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 2 Jan 1970
1 entryFrom the same launch
1969-088
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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