CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1976-0091
SL-6 R/B(1)
SL-6 R/B(1) (NORAD 8602) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 April 1976, after 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
8602
International designator
1976-006B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
22 Jan 1976Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Apr 1976UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 months71 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
63.0°N to 63.0°SFinal inclination 63.0°
Mass
2,350 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 63.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 63.0°N and 63.0°S.
Life in orbit
2 monthsSL-6 R/B(1)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1976-006
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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