CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1970-0015
SL-4 R/B
SL-4 R/B (NORAD 4293) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 January 1970, after 6 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
4293
International designator
1970-001B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
9 Jan 1970Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Jan 1970UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 days6 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.0°N to 65.0°SFinal inclination 65.0°
Mass
3,000 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 65.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.0°N and 65.0°S.
Life in orbit
6 daysFrom the same launch
1970-001
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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