CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1973-0383
SL-6 PLAT
SL-6 PLAT (NORAD 6724) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 August 1973.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
6724
International designator
1973-045C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
11 Jul 1973Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Aug 1973UTC calendar day
Time since launch
23 days23 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 allowedExact 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 3 Aug 1973
1 entryFrom the same launch
1973-045
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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