CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1975-0135
SL-6 R/B(2)
SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 3513) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 May 1975, after 6 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
3513
International designator
1968-085D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
5 Oct 1968Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
7 May 1975UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 years, 7 months2,405 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.6°N to 64.6°SFinal inclination 64.6°
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 64.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.6°N and 64.6°S.
Life in orbit
6 years, 7 monthsSL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 7 May 1975
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1968-085
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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