CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1976-0468
SL-12 R/B(2)
SL-12 R/B(2) (NORAD 9278) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 August 1976, after 5 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
9278
International designator
1976-081D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
9 Aug 1976Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Aug 1976UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 days5 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.5°N to 51.5°SFinal inclination 51.5°
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 51.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.5°N and 51.5°S.
Life in orbit
5 daysFrom the same launch
1976-081
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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