CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1963-0085
SL-3 R/B
SL-3 R/B (NORAD 690) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 December 1963, after 17 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
690
International designator
1963-045B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
16 Nov 1963Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Dec 1963UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
17 days17 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.8°N to 64.8°SFinal inclination 64.8°
Mass
3,000 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 64.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.8°N and 64.8°S.
Life in orbit
17 daysFrom the same launch
1963-045
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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