CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1974-0136
SL-6 R/B(1)
SL-6 R/B(1) (NORAD 7277) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 May 1974, after 25 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
7277
International designator
1974-026B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
26 Apr 1974Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
21 May 1974UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
25 days25 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.8°N to 62.8°SFinal inclination 62.8°
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 62.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.8°N and 62.8°S.
Life in orbit
25 daysSL-6 R/B(1)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 21 May 1974
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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