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Entry no.
1979-0017

COSMOS 1069

COSMOS 1069 (NORAD 11173) landed on 10 January 1979, after 13 days in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
11173
International designator
1978-124A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
28 Dec 1978Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
10 Jan 1979UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
13 days13 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
62.8°N to 62.8°SFinal inclination 62.8°
Mass
2,200 kg
Operator
VTS SA
Built by
TsSKB
Bus
Zenit-4MT
Programme
Orion

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 62.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.8°N and 62.8°S.

Life in orbit

13 days

From the same launch

1978-124
1979-0010SL-4 R/B
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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