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Entry no.
1974-0004

SL-6 R/B(1)

SL-6 R/B(1) (NORAD 6933) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 January 1974, after 1 month in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
6933
International designator
1973-089B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
14 Nov 1973Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Jan 1974UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month49 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.0°N to 65.0°SFinal inclination 65.0°
Mass
2,350 kg

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 65.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.0°N and 65.0°S.

Life in orbit

1 month

SL-6 R/B(1)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 2 Jan 1974

6 entries
1974-0002COSMOS 554 DEB1974-0003EXPLORER 23 DEB1974-0005COSMOS 609 DEB1974-0006COSMOS 616 DEB1974-0007COSMOS 616 DEB1974-0008COSMOS 625 DEB

From the same launch

1973-089
1979-0237MOLNIYA 1-251979-0391SL-6 R/B(2)
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