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Entry no.
1979-0113

COSMOS 1006

COSMOS 1006 (NORAD 10862) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 March 1979, after 10 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
10862
International designator
1978-046A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
12 May 1978Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Mar 1979UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
10 months306 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.8°N to 65.8°SFinal inclination 65.8°
Mass
570 kg
Operator
PVO
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
Vektor
Programme
Vektor2

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 65.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.8°N and 65.8°S.

Life in orbit

10 months

COSMOS 1006’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 14 Mar 1979

1 entry
1979-0114SL-4 R/B

From the same launch

1978-046
1978-0487SL-8 R/B
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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