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Entry no.
1979-0605

COSMOS 74

COSMOS 74 (NORAD 1444) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 December 1979, after 14 years, 4 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
1444
International designator
1965-053D
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
16 Jul 1965Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Dec 1979UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
14 years, 4 months5,263 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
56.0°N to 56.0°SFinal inclination 56.0°
Mass
50 kg
Operator
OKB-10
Built by
OKB-10
Bus
Strela-1 11F610
Programme
Strela-1

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 56.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 56.0°N and 56.0°S.

Life in orbit

14 years, 4 months

COSMOS 74’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 13 Dec 1979

2 entries
1979-0604THOR ABLESTAR DEB1979-0606DELTA 1 DEB *

From the same launch

1965-053
1970-0173COSMOS 711974-0072COSMOS 731979-0396COSMOS 721979-0450COSMOS 751981-0590SL-8 R/B
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