CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1980-0278
SL-8 R/B
SL-8 R/B (NORAD 4956) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 July 1980, after 9 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
4956
International designator
1971-013B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
17 Feb 1971Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Jul 1980UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
9 years, 5 months3,440 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
9 years, 5 monthsSL-8 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 19 Jul 1980
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1971-013
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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