CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1971-0278
SL-7 R/B
SL-7 R/B (NORAD 5442) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 November 1971, after 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
5442
International designator
1971-072B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
27 Aug 1971Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Nov 1971UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 months85 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
2 monthsSL-7 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Nov 1971
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1971-072
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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