CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1964-0021
SL-7 R/B
SL-7 R/B (NORAD 588) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 April 1964, after 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
588
International designator
1963-017G
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
22 May 1963Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Apr 1964UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
10 months316 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
10 monthsSL-7 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 2 Apr 1964
1 entryFrom the same launch
1963-017
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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