CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1969-0005
SL-7 R/B
SL-7 R/B (NORAD 3625) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 January 1969, after 19 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
3625
International designator
1968-117B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
19 Dec 1968Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Jan 1969UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
19 days19 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
71.0°N to 71.0°SFinal inclination 71.0°
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 71.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 71.0°N and 71.0°S.
Life in orbit
19 daysAlso ended on 7 Jan 1969
1 entryFrom the same launch
1968-117
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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