CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1974-0177
SL-6 R/B(2)
SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 3886) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 July 1974, after 5 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
3886
International designator
1969-035C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
11 Apr 1969Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Jul 1974UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 2 months1,907 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.5°N to 64.5°SFinal inclination 64.5°
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 64.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.5°N and 64.5°S.
Life in orbit
5 years, 2 monthsSL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 1 Jul 1974
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1969-035
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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