CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1973-0066
SL-7 R/B
SL-7 R/B (NORAD 6077) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 March 1973, after 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
6077
International designator
1972-048B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
30 Jun 1972Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Mar 1973UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 months260 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
71.0°N to 71.0°SFinal inclination 71.0°
Mass
840 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 71.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 71.0°N and 71.0°S.
Life in orbit
8 monthsSL-7 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1972-048
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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