CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1972-0338
SL-6 PLAT
SL-6 PLAT (NORAD 6233) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 November 1972.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
6233
International designator
1972-081C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
14 Oct 1972Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Nov 1972UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 month33 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.4°N to 65.4°SFinal inclination 65.4°
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 65.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.4°N and 65.4°S.
Life in orbit
SL-6 PLAT’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1972-081
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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