CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1980-0071
SL-8 R/B
SL-8 R/B (NORAD 9056) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 February 1980, after 3 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
9056
International designator
1976-076B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
27 Jul 1976Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Feb 1980UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 6 months1,304 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
50.5°N to 50.5°SFinal inclination 50.5°
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 50.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 50.5°N and 50.5°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 6 monthsSL-8 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 21 Feb 1980
1 entryFrom the same launch
1976-076
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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