CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1973-0052
SL-6 R/B(2)
SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 4837) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 March 1973, after 2 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
4837
International designator
1970-114F
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
25 Dec 1970Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Mar 1973UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 2 months799 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.1°N to 65.1°SFinal inclination 65.1°
Mass
4,500 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 65.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.1°N and 65.1°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 2 monthsSL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1970-114
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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