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Entry no.
1976-0035

SL-4 R/B

SL-4 R/B (NORAD 8617) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 February 1976, after 13 days in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
8617
International designator
1976-009B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
29 Jan 1976Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Feb 1976UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
13 days13 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
71.4°N to 71.4°SFinal inclination 71.4°
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 71.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 71.4°N and 71.4°S.

Life in orbit

13 days

Also ended on 11 Feb 1976

1 entry
1976-0034MOLNIYA 1-22

From the same launch

1976-009
1976-0033COSMOS 799
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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