CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1979-0615
SL-8 R/B
SL-8 R/B (NORAD 9802) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 December 1979, after 2 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
9802
International designator
1977-006B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
2 Feb 1977Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Dec 1979UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 10 months1,049 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.8°N to 65.8°SFinal inclination 65.8°
Mass
1,434 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 65.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.8°N and 65.8°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 10 monthsSL-8 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 Dec 1979
1 entryFrom the same launch
1977-006
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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