CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1977-0272
INTERCOSMOS 10
INTERCOSMOS 10 (NORAD 6911) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 July 1977, after 3 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
6911
International designator
1973-082A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
30 Oct 1973Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Jul 1977UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 8 months1,340 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
74.0°N to 74.0°SFinal inclination 74.0°
Mass
329 kg
Operator
IK
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
DS-U2
Programme
DS-U2-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 74.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 74.0°N and 74.0°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 8 monthsINTERCOSMOS 10’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 1 Jul 1977
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1973-082
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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