CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1973-0009
SL-6 R/B(1)
SL-6 R/B(1) (NORAD 6295) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 January 1973, after 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
6295
International designator
1972-095B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
2 Dec 1972Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Jan 1973UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month39 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.0°N to 65.0°SFinal inclination 65.0°
Mass
2,350 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 65.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.0°N and 65.0°S.
Life in orbit
1 monthSL-6 R/B(1)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1972-095
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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