CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1972-0147
SL-7 R/B
SL-7 R/B (NORAD 5805) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 May 1972, after 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
5805
International designator
1972-004B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
25 Jan 1972Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
6 May 1972UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 months102 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.0°N to 82.0°SFinal inclination 82.0°
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 82.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.0°N and 82.0°S.
Life in orbit
3 monthsSL-7 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 6 May 1972
1 entryFrom the same launch
1972-004
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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