CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1969-0159
SL-6 R/B(2)
SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 3223) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 June 1969, after 2 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
3223
International designator
1966-092D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
20 Oct 1966Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Jun 1969UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 7 months959 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.9°N to 64.9°SFinal inclination 64.9°
Mass
4,500 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 64.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.9°N and 64.9°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 7 monthsSL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1966-092
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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