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INTERCOSMOS 10

DecayedPayloadLEO

INTERCOSMOS 10 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on October 30, 1973 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
October 30, 1973 at 07:00 PM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
DS-U2-IK 4

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
165 km
Periapsis
146 km
Inclination
73.95°
Orbital period
87.6 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
545.09 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1973-082A
NORAD catalog №
6911
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
5.5982 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
July 1, 1977

End of mission

Last active / ended
July 1, 1977
Time in service
3.7 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed