CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1980-0012
SL-8 R/B
SL-8 R/B (NORAD 11444) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 January 1980, after 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
11444
International designator
1979-063B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
6 Jul 1979Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Jan 1980UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 months186 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
50.7°N to 50.7°SFinal inclination 50.7°
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 50.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 50.7°N and 50.7°S.
Life in orbit
6 monthsSL-8 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Jan 1980
1 entryFrom the same launch
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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