CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Orbital Register seal
Entry no.
1966-0254

SL-7 R/B

SL-7 R/B (NORAD 1950) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 July 1966, after 5 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
1950
International designator
1966-004B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
25 Jan 1966Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Jul 1966UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 months172 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
48.4°N to 48.4°SFinal inclination 48.4°
Mass
840 kg

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 48.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 48.4°N and 48.4°S.

Life in orbit

5 months

SL-7 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 16 Jul 1966

5 entries
1966-0255SATURN 1B DEB1966-0256SATURN 1B DEB1966-0257SATURN 1B DEB1966-0258SATURN 1B DEB1966-0259SL-3 DEB

From the same launch

1966-004
1966-0437COSMOS 106
Orbital Register seal
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/1966-0254
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.