CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1973-0443
SL-6 R/B(1)
SL-6 R/B(1) (NORAD 6806) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 October 1973, after 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
6806
International designator
1973-061B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
30 Aug 1973Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Oct 1973UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month32 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.4°N to 65.4°SFinal inclination 65.4°
Mass
2,350 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 65.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.4°N and 65.4°S.
Life in orbit
1 monthSL-6 R/B(1)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1973-061
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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