CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1979-0554
INTERCOSMOS 15
INTERCOSMOS 15 (NORAD 8903) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 November 1979, after 3 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
8903
International designator
1976-056A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
19 Jun 1976Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Nov 1979UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 4 months1,247 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
74.0°N to 74.0°SFinal inclination 74.0°
Mass
950 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 74.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 74.0°N and 74.0°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 4 monthsINTERCOSMOS 15’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 Nov 1979
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1976-056
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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