CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1976-0003
SL-6 R/B(2)
SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 4785) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 January 1976, after 5 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
4785
International designator
1970-101D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
27 Nov 1970Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Jan 1976UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 1 month1,862 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.7°N to 64.7°SFinal inclination 64.7°
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 64.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.7°N and 64.7°S.
Life in orbit
5 years, 1 monthSL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1970-101
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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