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Entry no.
1972-0303
INTERCOSMOS 7
INTERCOSMOS 7 (NORAD 6075) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 October 1972, after 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
6075
International designator
1972-047A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
30 Jun 1972Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Oct 1972UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 months97 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
48.4°N to 48.4°SFinal inclination 48.4°
Mass
301 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
3 monthsINTERCOSMOS 7’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1972-047
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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