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Entry no.
1976-0013

SL-4 R/B

SL-4 R/B (NORAD 8552) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 January 1976, after 7 days in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
8552
International designator
1976-002B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
7 Jan 1976Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Jan 1976UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 days7 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.8°N to 62.8°SFinal inclination 62.8°
Mass
2,350 kg

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 62.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.8°N and 62.8°S.

Life in orbit

7 days

Also ended on 14 Jan 1976

1 entry
1976-0012SL-6 R/B(1)

From the same launch

1976-002
1976-0016COSMOS 788
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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