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Entry no.
1977-0179

SL-6 PLAT

SL-6 PLAT (NORAD 9882) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 April 1977.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
9882
International designator
1977-021C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
24 Mar 1977Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Apr 1977UTC calendar day
Time since launch
19 days19 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.8°N to 62.8°SFinal inclination 62.8°

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 62.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.8°N and 62.8°S.

Life in orbit

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

Also ended on 12 Apr 1977

3 entries
1977-0176WESTFORD NEEDLES1977-0177WESTFORD NEEDLES1977-0178DELTA 1 DEB

From the same launch

1977-021
1977-0184SL-6 R/B(1)2019-0270SL-6 R/B(2)
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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