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Entry no.
1979-0292

SL-6 R/B(1)

SL-6 R/B(1) (NORAD 11385) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 June 1979, after 19 days in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
11385
International designator
1979-048B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
5 Jun 1979Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Jun 1979UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
19 days19 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.8°N to 62.8°SFinal inclination 62.8°
Mass
2,350 kg

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 62.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.8°N and 62.8°S.

Life in orbit

19 days

Also ended on 24 Jun 1979

1 entry
1979-0291SL-4 R/B

From the same launch

1979-048
1990-0356SL-6 R/B(2)1992-0242MOLNIYA 3-12
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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