CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1978-0165
SL-6 R/B(2)
SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 2924) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 April 1978, after 10 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
2924
International designator
1967-046F
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
16 May 1967Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Apr 1978UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
10 years, 10 months3,986 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Mass
2,000 kg
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
10 years, 10 monthsSL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1967-046Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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