CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1975-0253
SL-7 R/B
SL-7 R/B (NORAD 7612) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 August 1975, after 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
7612
International designator
1975-003B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
21 Jan 1975Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Aug 1975UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 months213 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.8°N to 81.8°SFinal inclination 81.8°
Mass
840 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 81.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.8°N and 81.8°S.
Life in orbit
7 monthsSL-7 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1975-003
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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