CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1967-0122
OGCh No. 06L
OGCh No. 06L (NORAD 2543) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 May 1967, after 6 months in orbit.
Official dateIdentified from the historical record
NORAD number
2543
International designator
1966-101G
Object type
Spacecraft
Official listing
CIS UNKNOWN 2 DEBListed as a fragment
Country
USSR
Launched
2 Nov 1966Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
7 May 1967UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 6 May 1967
Time in orbit
6 months186 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
49.6°N to 49.6°SFinal inclination 49.6°
Mass
1,450 kg
Operator
RVSN
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
OGCh
Programme
OGCh
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 49.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 49.6°N and 49.6°S.
Life in orbit
6 monthsOGCh No. 06L’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 7 May 1967
1 entryFrom the same launch
1966-101
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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