CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1964-0040
SL-3 R/B
SL-3 R/B (NORAD 780) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 May 1964, after 29 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
780
International designator
1964-017B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
4 Apr 1964Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
3 May 1964UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
29 days29 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.0°N to 65.0°SFinal inclination 65.0°
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 65.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.0°N and 65.0°S.
Life in orbit
29 daysSL-3 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1964-017
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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