CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1969-0322
SL-7 R/B
SL-7 R/B (NORAD 4137) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 December 1969, after 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
4137
International designator
1969-090B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
18 Oct 1969Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Dec 1969UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month50 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
71.0°N to 71.0°SFinal inclination 71.0°
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 71.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 71.0°N and 71.0°S.
Life in orbit
1 monthSL-7 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 7 Dec 1969
1 entryFrom the same launch
1969-090
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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