CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1970-0129
INTERCOSMOS 2
INTERCOSMOS 2 (NORAD 4285) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 June 1970, after 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
4285
International designator
1969-110A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
25 Dec 1969Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Jun 1970UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 7 Jun 1970
Time in orbit
5 months165 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
48.4°N to 48.4°SFinal inclination 48.4°
Mass
288 kg
Operator
IK
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
DS-U1
Programme
DS-U1-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
5 monthsINTERCOSMOS 2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1969-110
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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