CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1971-0203
SL-7 R/B
SL-7 R/B (NORAD 5233) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 August 1971, after 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
5233
International designator
1971-044B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
19 May 1971Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Aug 1971UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 months96 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
3 monthsSL-7 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1971-044
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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