CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1978-0105
SALYUT 6 DEB
SALYUT 6 DEB (NORAD 10686) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 March 1978.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
10686
International designator
1977-097N
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
29 Sep 1977Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Mar 1978UTC calendar day
Time since launch
5 months158 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
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 51.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.6°N and 51.6°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 6 Mar 1978
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1977-097
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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