CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1965-0228
SL-7 R/B
SL-7 R/B (NORAD 948) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 May 1965, after 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
948
International designator
1964-080B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
9 Dec 1964Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
11 May 1965UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 months153 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
48.8°N to 48.8°SFinal inclination 48.8°
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 48.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 48.8°N and 48.8°S.
Life in orbit
5 monthsSL-7 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1964-080
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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