CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1978-0351
SL-6 R/B(2)
SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 6368) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 August 1978, after 5 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
6368
International designator
1973-007E
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
3 Feb 1973Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Aug 1978UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 6 months2,008 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.4°N to 64.4°SFinal inclination 64.4°
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 64.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.4°N and 64.4°S.
Life in orbit
5 years, 6 monthsSL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 4 Aug 1978
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1973-007
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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