CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1967-0049
SL-11 R/B
SL-11 R/B (NORAD 2438) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 March 1967, after 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
2438
International designator
1966-088B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
17 Sep 1966Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Mar 1967UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 months168 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
49.3°N to 49.3°SFinal inclination 49.3°
Mass
5,000 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 49.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 49.3°N and 49.3°S.
Life in orbit
5 monthsSL-11 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 4 Mar 1967
1 entryFrom the same launch
1966-088
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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