CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1970-0016
SL-6 R/B(2)
SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 3226) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 January 1970, after 2 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
3226
International designator
1967-101F
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
22 Oct 1967Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Jan 1970UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 16 Jan 1970
Time in orbit
2 years, 2 months820 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.8°N to 64.8°SFinal inclination 64.8°
Mass
4,500 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 64.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.8°N and 64.8°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 2 monthsSL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 19 Jan 1970
1 entryFrom the same launch
1967-101
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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