CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1974-0064
SL-6 R/B(2)
SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 5940) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 March 1974, after 1 year, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
5940
International designator
1972-025G
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
4 Apr 1972Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Mar 1974UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 11 months703 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.8°N to 65.8°SFinal inclination 65.8°
Mass
4,500 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 65.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.8°N and 65.8°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 11 monthsSL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Mar 1974
1 entryFrom the same launch
1972-025
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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