CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1966-0304
SL-9 R/B
SL-9 R/B (NORAD 2293) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 August 1966, after 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
2293
International designator
1966-060B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
6 Jul 1966Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Aug 1966UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month46 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
1 monthSL-9 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1966-060
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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