CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1976-0030
SL-6 PLAT
SL-6 PLAT (NORAD 8512) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 February 1976.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
8512
International designator
1975-122C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
22 Dec 1975Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Feb 1976UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 month49 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.0°N to 65.0°SFinal inclination 65.0°
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 65.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.0°N and 65.0°S.
Life in orbit
SL-6 PLAT’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 9 Feb 1976
1 entryFrom the same launch
1975-122
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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