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Entry no.
1977-0174

SL-4 R/B

SL-4 R/B (NORAD 9909) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 April 1977, after 2 days in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
9909
International designator
1977-026B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
7 Apr 1977Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Apr 1977UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 days2 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.4°N to 81.4°SFinal inclination 81.4°
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 81.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.4°N and 81.4°S.

Life in orbit

2 days

From the same launch

1977-026
1977-0185COSMOS 902
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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