CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1972-0033
SL-7 R/B
SL-7 R/B (NORAD 5609) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 February 1972, after 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
5609
International designator
1971-097B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
17 Nov 1971Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Feb 1972UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 months83 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
2 monthsSL-7 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1971-097
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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