CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1980-0157
SL-8 R/B
SL-8 R/B (NORAD 6098) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 April 1980, after 7 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
6098
International designator
1972-053B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
10 Jul 1972Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Apr 1980UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 years, 9 months2,848 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
74.0°N to 74.0°SFinal inclination 74.0°
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 74.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 74.0°N and 74.0°S.
Life in orbit
7 years, 9 monthsSL-8 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1972-053
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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