CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1972-0184
SL-6 R/B(1)
SL-6 R/B(1) (NORAD 6028) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 June 1972, after 20 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
6028
International designator
1972-037B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
19 May 1972Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Jun 1972UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
20 days20 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.4°N to 65.4°SFinal inclination 65.4°
Mass
2,700 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 65.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.4°N and 65.4°S.
Life in orbit
20 daysSL-6 R/B(1)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Jun 1972
1 entryFrom the same launch
1972-037
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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