CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1962-0052
SL-7 R/B
SL-7 R/B (NORAD 339) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 August 1962, after 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
339
International designator
1962-028B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
30 Jun 1962Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Aug 1962UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month39 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
48.9°N to 48.9°SFinal inclination 48.9°
Mass
840 kg
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 48.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 48.9°N and 48.9°S.
Life in orbit
1 monthSL-7 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Aug 1962
1 entryFrom the same launch
1962-028
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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