CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1969-0220
SL-6 R/B(1)
SL-6 R/B(1) (NORAD 4045) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 August 1969, after 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
4045
International designator
1969-061B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
22 Jul 1969Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Aug 1969UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month37 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.9°N to 64.9°SFinal inclination 64.9°
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 64.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.9°N and 64.9°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 28 Aug 1969
1 entryFrom the same launch
1969-061
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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