CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1963-0086
SL-7 R/B
SL-7 R/B (NORAD 633) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 December 1963, after 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
633
International designator
1963-033B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
6 Aug 1963Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Dec 1963UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 9 Dec 1963
Time in orbit
4 months124 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
4 monthsSL-7 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1963-033
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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