CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1969-0261
SL-7 R/B
SL-7 R/B (NORAD 3958) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 October 1969, after 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
3958
International designator
1969-047B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
27 May 1969Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Oct 1969UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 months127 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.9°N to 81.9°SFinal inclination 81.9°
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 81.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.9°N and 81.9°S.
Life in orbit
4 monthsSL-7 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1969-047
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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