CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1974-0186
SL-6 R/B(2)
SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 3514) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 July 1974, after 6 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
3514
International designator
1968-035D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
21 Apr 1968Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Jul 1974UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 years, 2 months2,270 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.3°N to 64.3°SFinal inclination 64.3°
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 64.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.3°N and 64.3°S.
Life in orbit
6 years, 2 monthsSL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 9 Jul 1974
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1968-035
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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