CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1979-0061
COSMOS 1073
COSMOS 1073 (NORAD 11255) landed on 12 February 1979, after 13 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
11255
International designator
1979-006A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
30 Jan 1979Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
12 Feb 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
2,400 kg
Operator
GUKOS RVSN
Built by
TsSKB
Bus
Zenit-4MK
Programme
Zenit-4MKM
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 62.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.8°N and 62.8°S.
Life in orbit
13 daysAlso ended on 12 Feb 1979
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1979-006
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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