CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1972-0311
SL-6 PLAT
SL-6 PLAT (NORAD 6193) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 October 1972.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
6193
International designator
1972-072B
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
19 Sep 1972Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Oct 1972UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 month31 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.9°N to 62.9°SFinal inclination 62.9°
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 62.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.9°N and 62.9°S.
Life in orbit
SL-6 PLAT’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Oct 1972
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1972-072
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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