CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1973-0286
SALYUT 2
SALYUT 2 (NORAD 6398) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 May 1973, after 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
6398
International designator
1973-017A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
3 Apr 1973Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
28 May 1973UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month55 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
18,718 kg
Operator
TSKBM
Built by
ZIKh
Bus
Almaz
Programme
Almaz
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 51.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.6°N and 51.6°S.
Life in orbit
1 monthSALYUT 2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 28 May 1973
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1973-017
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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