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Entry no.
1977-0197

SL-4 R/B

SL-4 R/B (NORAD 9935) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 April 1977, after 9 days in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
9935
International designator
1977-028B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
20 Apr 1977Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Apr 1977UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
9 days9 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

9 days

Also ended on 29 Apr 1977

1 entry
1977-0196SL-8 DEB

From the same launch

1977-028
1977-0203COSMOS 904
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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