CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1977-0464
SL-7 R/B
SL-7 R/B (NORAD 9383) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 November 1977, after 1 year, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
9383
International designator
1976-083B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
18 Aug 1976Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Nov 1977UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 2 months441 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
70.9°N to 70.9°SFinal inclination 70.9°
Mass
840 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 70.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 70.9°N and 70.9°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 2 monthsSL-7 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 2 Nov 1977
1 entryFrom the same launch
1976-083
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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