CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1970-0161
SL-7 R/B
SL-7 R/B (NORAD 4185) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 July 1970, after 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
4185
International designator
1969-094B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
24 Oct 1969Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Jul 1970UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 months269 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
48.3°N to 48.3°SFinal inclination 48.3°
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 48.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 48.3°N and 48.3°S.
Life in orbit
8 monthsSL-7 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1969-094
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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