CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1969-0050
SL-7 R/B
SL-7 R/B (NORAD 3221) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 February 1969, after 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
3221
International designator
1968-038B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
26 Apr 1968Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Feb 1969UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
9 months304 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
48.4°N to 48.4°SFinal inclination 48.4°
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 48.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 48.4°N and 48.4°S.
Life in orbit
9 monthsSL-7 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Came down with SL-7 R/B
1 entryFrom the same launch
1968-038
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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