CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1971-0231
SL-12 R/B(1)
SL-12 R/B(1) (NORAD 5489) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 October 1971, after 3 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
5489
International designator
1971-082B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
28 Sep 1971Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Oct 1971UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 days3 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.5°N to 51.5°SFinal inclination 51.5°
Mass
120 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 51.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.5°N and 51.5°S.
Life in orbit
3 daysAlso ended on 1 Oct 1971
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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