CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1979-0092
SL-4 R/B
SL-4 R/B (NORAD 11282) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 February 1979, after 2 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
11282
International designator
1979-018B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
25 Feb 1979Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Feb 1979UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 days2 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
2,350 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 51.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.6°N and 51.6°S.
Life in orbit
2 daysFrom the same launch
1979-018
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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