CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1977-0238
SL-6 R/B(2)
SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 6034) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 June 1977, after 5 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
6034
International designator
1972-037G
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
19 May 1972Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Jun 1977UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years1,839 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.8°N to 64.8°SFinal inclination 64.8°
Mass
4,500 kg
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 64.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.8°N and 64.8°S.
Life in orbit
5 yearsSL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1972-037
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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