CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1980-0477
SL-8 R/B
SL-8 R/B (NORAD 6951) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 November 1980, after 6 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
6951
International designator
1973-093B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
27 Nov 1973Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Nov 1980UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 years, 11 months2,536 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
6 years, 11 monthsSL-8 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 6 Nov 1980
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1973-093
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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