CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1962-0128
SL-7 R/B
SL-7 R/B (NORAD 368) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 December 1962, after 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
368
International designator
1962-038B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
18 Aug 1962Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Dec 1962UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 months123 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
49.0°N to 49.0°SFinal inclination 49.0°
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 49.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 49.0°N and 49.0°S.
Life in orbit
4 monthsSL-7 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1962-038
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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