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Entry no.
1973-0016

SL-6 PLAT

SL-6 PLAT (NORAD 6309) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 January 1973.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
6309
International designator
1972-098B
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
12 Dec 1972Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Jan 1973UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 month32 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 allowed
Exact 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.

Also ended on 13 Jan 1973

2 entries
1973-0015TITAN 3C TRANSTAGE DEB1973-0017SL-12 PLAT

From the same launch

1972-098
1973-0021SL-6 R/B(1)1974-0266SL-6 R/B(2)1975-0012MOLNIYA 2-4
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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