CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1969-0241
SL-7 R/B
SL-7 R/B (NORAD 3847) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 September 1969, after 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
3847
International designator
1969-031B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
28 Mar 1969Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Sep 1969UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 months172 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
70.9°N to 70.9°SFinal inclination 70.9°
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 70.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 70.9°N and 70.9°S.
Life in orbit
5 monthsSL-7 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 16 Sep 1969
5 entriesFrom the same launch
1969-031
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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