CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1972-0286
SL-4 DEB
SL-4 DEB (NORAD 6191) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 September 1972.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
6191
International designator
1972-071C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
16 Sep 1972Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Sep 1972UTC calendar day
Time since launch
3 days3 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
71.4°N to 71.4°SFinal inclination 71.4°
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 71.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 71.4°N and 71.4°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 19 Sep 1972
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1972-071Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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