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INTERCOSMOS 16

NORAD 9055 · Payload · Reentered 1979-07-10

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Launched
1976-07-27 · Kapustin Yar, Russia
Country / operator
CIS (Russia / CIS)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Astronomy
Mass
302 kg
Size
2.6 × 1.3 m · 2.8 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
242 × 247 km
Inclination
50.5°
Period
89.2 min
Eccentricity
0.0004
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).

Same launch

Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.