CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1962-0125
SL-7 R/B
SL-7 R/B (NORAD 298) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 December 1962, after 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
298
International designator
1962-020B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
28 May 1962Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Dec 1962UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 months201 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
6 monthsSL-7 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 15 Dec 1962
1 entryFrom the same launch
1962-020
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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