CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1980-0052
SL-8 R/B
SL-8 R/B (NORAD 10069) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 February 1980, after 2 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
10069
International designator
1977-049B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
17 Jun 1977Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Feb 1980UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 7 months963 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
50.6°N to 50.6°SFinal inclination 50.6°
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 50.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 50.6°N and 50.6°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 7 monthsSL-8 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 5 Feb 1980
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1977-049
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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