CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1977-0443
COSMOS 699
COSMOS 699 (NORAD 7587) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 October 1977, after 2 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
7587
International designator
1974-103A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
24 Dec 1974Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Oct 1977UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 9 months1,027 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.0°N to 65.0°SFinal inclination 65.0°
Mass
3,300 kg
Operator
Arsenal
Built by
Arsenal / Kometa
Bus
US-P
Programme
US-P
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 65.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.0°N and 65.0°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 9 monthsCOSMOS 699’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1974-103
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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