CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1973-0491
SL-7 R/B
SL-7 R/B (NORAD 6876) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 November 1973, after 21 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
6876
International designator
1973-075B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
16 Oct 1973Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Nov 1973UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
21 days21 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.9°N to 81.9°SFinal inclination 81.9°
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 81.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.9°N and 81.9°S.
Life in orbit
21 daysFrom the same launch
1973-075
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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