CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1974-0314
COSMOS 693
COSMOS 693 (NORAD 7509) landed on 16 November 1974, after 12 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
7509
International designator
1974-088A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
4 Nov 1974Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
16 Nov 1974UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
12 days12 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
81.3°N to 81.3°SFinal inclination 81.3°
Mass
2,200 kg
Operator
TsSKB
Built by
TsSKB
Bus
Zenit-4MT
Programme
Orion
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 81.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.3°N and 81.3°S.
Life in orbit
12 daysAlso ended on 16 Nov 1974
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1974-088
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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