CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1983-0061
INTERCOSMOS 14
INTERCOSMOS 14 (NORAD 8471) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 February 1983, after 7 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
8471
International designator
1975-115A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
11 Dec 1975Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Feb 1983UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 years, 2 months2,635 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
73.9°N to 73.9°SFinal inclination 73.9°
Mass
312 kg
Operator
IK
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
DS-U2
Programme
DS-U2-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 73.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 73.9°N and 73.9°S.
Life in orbit
7 years, 2 monthsINTERCOSMOS 14’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 27 Feb 1983
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1975-115
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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