CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1968-0232
SL-12 R/B
SL-12 R/B (NORAD 3396) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 September 1968, after 4 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
3396
International designator
1968-076C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
14 Sep 1968Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Sep 1968UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 days4 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.5°N to 51.5°SFinal inclination 51.5°
Mass
120 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 51.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.5°N and 51.5°S.
Life in orbit
4 daysFrom the same launch
1968-076
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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