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Entry no.
1979-0374
COSMOS 1118
COSMOS 1118 (NORAD 11465) landed on 9 August 1979, after 13 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
11465
International designator
1979-069A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
27 Jul 1979Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
9 Aug 1979UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
13 days13 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
81.3°N to 81.3°SFinal inclination 81.3°
Mass
2,200 kg
Operator
Priroda
Built by
TsSKB
Bus
Zenit-2M
Programme
Gektor-Priroda
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 81.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.3°N and 81.3°S.
Life in orbit
13 daysFrom the same launch
1979-069
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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