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Entry no.
1974-0267

COSMOS 634

COSMOS 634 (NORAD 7211) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 October 1974, after 7 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
7211
International designator
1974-012A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
5 Mar 1974Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Oct 1974UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 months218 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
70.9°N to 70.9°SFinal inclination 70.9°
Mass
200 kg
Operator
PVO
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
DS-P1
Programme
DS-P1-Yu A

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 70.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 70.9°N and 70.9°S.

Life in orbit

7 months

COSMOS 634’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 9 Oct 1974

1 entry

From the same launch

1974-012
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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