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Entry no.
1977-0077

SL-6 R/B

SL-6 R/B (NORAD 9558) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 January 1977, after 1 month in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
9558
International designator
1976-112B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
25 Nov 1976Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Jan 1977UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month59 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.0°N to 65.0°SFinal inclination 65.0°
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 65.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.0°N and 65.0°S.

Life in orbit

1 month

SL-6 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 23 Jan 1977

4 entries
1977-0074COSMOS 249 DEB *1977-0075WESTFORD NEEDLES1977-0076THORAD AGENA D DEB1977-0078COSMOS 888 DEB

From the same launch

1976-112
1979-0320PROGNOZ 5
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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