CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1979-0418
INTERCOSMOS 11
INTERCOSMOS 11 (NORAD 7299) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 September 1979, after 5 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
7299
International designator
1974-034A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
17 May 1974Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Sep 1979UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 3 months1,938 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
50.6°N to 50.6°SFinal inclination 50.6°
Mass
335 kg
Operator
IK
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
DS-U3
Programme
DS-U3-IK
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 50.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 50.6°N and 50.6°S.
Life in orbit
5 years, 3 monthsINTERCOSMOS 11’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 6 Sep 1979
5 entriesFrom the same launch
1974-034
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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