CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1967-0239
SL-7 R/B
SL-7 R/B (NORAD 2630) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 September 1967, after 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
2630
International designator
1966-117B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
21 Dec 1966Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Sep 1967UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
9 months278 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
48.7°N to 48.7°SFinal inclination 48.7°
Mass
840 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 48.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 48.7°N and 48.7°S.
Life in orbit
9 monthsSL-7 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1966-117
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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