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Entry no.
1977-0089

SL-4 R/B

SL-4 R/B (NORAD 9736) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 February 1977, after 12 days in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
9736
International designator
1977-003B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
20 Jan 1977Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Feb 1977UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
12 days12 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

12 days

Also ended on 1 Feb 1977

2 entries
1977-0088COSMOS 8891977-0087SL-4 R/B

From the same launch

1977-003
1977-0088COSMOS 889
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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