CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1971-0039
SL-7 R/B
SL-7 R/B (NORAD 4812) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 February 1971, after 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
4812
International designator
1970-112B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
18 Dec 1970Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Feb 1971UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month61 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
70.9°N to 70.9°SFinal inclination 70.9°
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 70.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 70.9°N and 70.9°S.
Life in orbit
1 monthSL-7 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1970-112
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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