CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1969-0018
SL-6 R/B(1)
SL-6 R/B(1) (NORAD 3621) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 January 1969, after 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
3621
International designator
1968-115C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
16 Dec 1968Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Jan 1969UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month33 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.0°N to 65.0°SFinal inclination 65.0°
Mass
2,350 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 65.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.0°N and 65.0°S.
Life in orbit
1 monthSL-6 R/B(1)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 Jan 1969
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1968-115
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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