CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1979-0531
INTERCOSMOS 17
INTERCOSMOS 17 (NORAD 10376) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 November 1979, after 2 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
10376
International designator
1977-096A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
24 Sep 1977Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Nov 1979UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 1 month775 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.9°N to 82.9°SFinal inclination 82.9°
Mass
1,020 kg
Operator
IK
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
AUOS
Programme
AUOS
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 82.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.9°N and 82.9°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 1 monthINTERCOSMOS 17’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Nov 1979
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1977-096
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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