CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1966-0004
SL-9 R/B
SL-9 R/B (NORAD 1702) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 January 1966, after 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
1702
International designator
1965-087B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
2 Nov 1965Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Jan 1966UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 months63 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
63.4°N to 63.4°SFinal inclination 63.4°
Mass
13,180 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 63.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 63.4°N and 63.4°S.
Life in orbit
2 monthsFrom the same launch
1965-087
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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