CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1963-0008
SL-3 R/B
SL-3 R/B (NORAD 518) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 January 1963, after 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
518
International designator
1962-072B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
22 Dec 1962Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Jan 1963UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month31 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.9°N to 64.9°SFinal inclination 64.9°
Mass
1,440 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 64.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.9°N and 64.9°S.
Life in orbit
1 monthSL-3 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1962-072
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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