CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1968-0206
SL-7 R/B
SL-7 R/B (NORAD 3182) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 August 1968, after 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
3182
International designator
1968-028B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
9 Apr 1968Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Aug 1968UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 months130 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.8°N to 81.8°SFinal inclination 81.8°
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 81.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.8°N and 81.8°S.
Life in orbit
4 monthsSL-7 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Aug 1968
1 entryFrom the same launch
1968-028
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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